John,

The House of Representatives voted last week to increase funding for the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. This is not what we wanted, but it’s not over yet. The legislation still must pass the Senate by a 60-vote threshold.

ICE is a paramilitary force that is terrorizing our communities. From nighttime raids to murdering peaceful observers, to going onto school grounds and traumatizing children, they cannot continue to be funded to terrorize our communities at the expense of critical human needs programs, like Medicaid and SNAP―two programs that saw draconian cuts in order to increase ICE’s budget in the Big Brutal Bill.

We need the Senate to reject even more funding for ICE. And we need your help to power the fight.

Donate $5 today to power our fight to demand Congress hold ICE accountable, starting by rejecting the 2026 DHS and ICE funding bill.

Activism works. Other essential human needs programs, such as housing and education, were funded in bills passed by the House this past week, and negotiators rejected massive cuts and elimination of whole programs sought by many Republican members of the House and Donald Trump.

The remaining funding bills will be voted on in the Senate next week, before the Friday, January 30th cutoff date for government funding. This means we only have a few days to push for a separate vote on DHS and ICE funding, which is our best shot at stopping the continued funding of ICE’s terror campaign.

Time is of the essence, and we need to focus all of our resources on lobbying the Senate now. Rush a donation of $5 today to help us succeed in defeating ICE funding.

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Thank you for all you do,

Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs