We fought for what we have and we are not about to give it up to make a few billionaires richer. From the fight to end the genocide in Gaza, to the defense of our immigrant brother and sisters, to the struggle for women’s and gender rights, to the many struggles for peace, justice and equality, the American people are rising up and saying NO! The capitalists know this and they are getting ready, preparing to unleash fascism in our country. Only the American people can stop them.
ICE “Gestapo” receives a $100 Billion Raise:
Stop This Before It’s Too Late!
On July 3 Congress passed Trump’s budget bill that expands ICE’s (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) budget by $100 billion, making it the country’s largest police force.1
The increase expands ICE’s jail capacity to from 50,000 to 100,000. These are private prisons. This is a step towards privatizing the police. One third of current ICE detainees are not charged with a crime. Their only crime is they are workers trying to earn a living.2 Sound familiar?
The Trump administration tells us that ICE will “secure the homeland and keep Americans safe.”3 Does anyone doubt that Trump will use ICE to lock up his political opponents?
Trump persistently menaces our country’s democracy, and now he’s been given more muscle. He threatened to deport Zohran Mamdani, candidate for New York City Mayor.4 During the 2020 campaign he threatened to punish more than 100 perceived enemies.5 After losing the 2016 election he encouraged a group of rioters to attack the Capitol, resulting in five deaths and assaults on 184 police officers.6
Increasing the ICE budget by $100 billion will create a federal Gestapo. Congress has betrayed the country by granting Trump these funds.
In Los Angeles, and across the countries, communities are organizing active community patrols to document and block ICE kidnappings.
ICEBlock is now the most downloaded free social networking app in the US for iOS devices
(https://www.techtimes.com/articles/311168/20250703/iceblock-tops-apple-app-store charts-after-us-govt-officials-asked-its-takedown.htm)
We can and we must raise this issue with all candidates for office in the November 2026 midterm elections. Show us your plan to stop the Trump administration’s treasonous plot to install a fascist dictatorship – if you want our vote!
“Our country and the world stand at a crossroads. Humanity has the potential for economic security and abundance. A community of the people, by the people, and for the people, where children can grow in peace, is possible as never before. Or–if we do nothing—we face increasingly unlivable conditions caused by private ownership of the wealth that human labor has created.”7
Stop ICE How to Guide below:
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood Here’s a step-by-step guide.
Footnotes
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/04/trump-bill-ice-immigrant-detention/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/04/trump-bill-ice-immigrant-detention/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/04/trump-bill-ice-immigrant-detention/
- https://www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamdani-responds-donald-trump-deportation-threat-2093415
- https://www.npr.org/2024/10/21/nx-s1-5134924/trump-election-2024-kamala-harris-elizabeth-cheney-threat-civil-liberties
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-january-6-aftermath-timeline-b2473767.html
- https://lrna.org/lrna-program/
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