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I’m writing to urge _______________ to oppose the Trump administration’s increasingly violent attacks on immigrant communities, and now native-born American citizens, by holding this administration accountable for their authoritarian and unlawful tactics.
It’s time for Congress to stand up far more powerfully and vocally than you have to condemn this blatantly illegal and immoral activity. It’s time to shut down the president’s black-booted, private army. We are not Nazi Germany… yet.
Please take action before this private army of thugs turns on the American people and you.
I’m not sure if you’ve heard of the latest ICE recruitment efforts. ICE has been circulating a recruitment ad bearing the slogan “We’ll Have Our Home Again,” paired with frontier imagery and militarized symbolism. That phrase is not neutral, it traces directly to a white-nationalist song, often rendered as “By God, We’ll Have Our Home Again,” with roots in neo-Nazi circles and later adopted by Canada’s white supremacist Diagolon movement. To most viewers, it sounds vague and patriotic, but to extremist audiences, it’s unmistakable. Dog whistles work because the right people hear them clearly.
I ask that you:
- Demand a full investigation of ICE agents’ indiscriminate use of deadly force against protesters
- Refuse to pass a DHS appropriations bill that fully funds ICE
- Call for the impeachment of Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security
Thank you for your time and consideration. Please act now.
Sincerely,
[ Your Name ]
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