April 27, 2025

EscInd: Action Plan for April 28, 2025

Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s action plan for the week of April 28, 2025! Pick an action or two and commit yourself to doing them. As President Obama said in his farewell speech: Believe in your ability to bring change. Show up, dive in, stay at it.

Events

• Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 11:30 AM: Raise Awareness & Express Yourself Protest at intersection of W El Norte Pkwy & Center City Pkwy. Rallies will be held every Tuesday at different locations in Escondido.

• Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 4:30 PM: Defend Democracy Protest at intersection of Felicita Ave & Center City Parkway. Rallies will be held every Wednesday at different locations in Escondido.

• Friday, May 2, 2025, 10:30 AM: Weekly Rally at Representative Issa's Escondido District Office, 221 W. Crest St #110, Escondido, CA 92025. Rallies will be held every Friday this month. See Dozens rally to demand Rep. Darrell Issa hold a town hall and Protesters demand town hall from Issa.

Actions

Federal Budget

• Read-up on Project 2025 lands in San Diego: What’s changing and what’s at risk and Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs.

• Read-up on Disabled San Diegans and allies protest potential Medicaid cuts and Rep. Darrell Issa avoids protesters amid a McDonald's appearance in San Marcos.

• Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff and oppose budget cuts to Medicaid and other critical services. Note that Rep. Issa voted yes to both budget frameworks that cut Medicaid funding. See Defend Medicaid from Republican Budget Cuts, Congress: Save Medicaid Now and Tell your Republican Representative You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks.

• In-Related News: read-up on ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question.

Immigration

• Read-up on How Volunteer Patrols Are Working to Protect San Diego Immigrant Communities From ICE.

• Read-up on The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests, 'Homegrowns are next': Trump hopes to deport and jail U.S. citizens abroad, Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana and U.S. judge says 2-year-old apparently deported to Honduras 'with no meaningful process'.

• Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff and ask them to oppose funding Trump mass deportations and repeal the Alien Enemies Act by passing H.R.630 and S.193. See Block Budget Increase for ICE and Mass Deportation and Lawmakers seek to repeal 'archaic' alien enemies act as Trump threatens use.

• In-Related News: read-up on Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label.

Voting Rights

• Read-up on League of Women Voters seeks to intervene on Issa's mail-in ballot lawsuit.

• Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff and oppose the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act to "require an individual to present in person a passport, birth certificate or other citizenship document when registering to vote or updating their voter registration information". Noted that Rep. Issa had voted yes on the SAVE Act. See Oppose the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) - A Voter Suppression Bill.

• In-Related News: read-up on O.C. judge rules for Huntington Beach, against state in voter ID case and Judge sides with Huntington Beach in voter ID case. Here's what it means.

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