A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.
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Friend –

This is what sustained pressure looks like.

After days of calls, signatures, and public opposition, the Senate blocked
the DHS funding bill from moving forward. A bill that would have handed
ICE and Border Patrol more money with no enforceable accountability was
stopped in its tracks because people refused to let it slide.

That matters.

It means lawmakers now have to negotiate. It means the conversation has
shifted. And it means measures to hold ICE and Border Patrol accountable
for their dangerous escalation tactics, in Minnesota and across the
country, are now on the table because supporters like you forced the
issue.

But blocking the bill was the first step, not the finish line.

Negotiations are happening now, and this is the moment when deals get
watered down behind closed doors unless pressure stays loud and focused.
Senators in both parties are weighing whether accountability will be real
and enforceable, or whether it will be reduced to vague promises that
change nothing once the cameras are gone.

[ [link removed] ]Keep calling your senators and tell them clearly: any DHS funding deal
must include enforceable accountability measures for ICE and Border
Patrol. This is when calls matter most, while the language is still being
written. >>

Senate Democrats held the line and made this pause possible. Now senators
in both parties need to hear that the public expects more than a cosmetic
fix. Accountability cannot be symbolic. It has to change how these
agencies operate and prevent the kind of violence that brought us here in
the first place.

[ [link removed] ]Call again and urge your senators, Republican and Democrat, to support
real accountability as negotiations move forward. >>

The bill is blocked because people spoke up. The outcome will depend on
whether they keep hearing from us.

This moment proves something important. Congress slowed this bill down
because people organized, stayed engaged, and made it politically
impossible to move forward as if nothing had happened. The question now is
whether lawmakers follow through with meaningful reform or try to settle
for the minimum and hope attention moves on.

What happens next will show whether this pause leads to real
accountability or just another reset that leaves the same dangerous system
intact.

Thank you for your advocacy,

People For the American Way

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