EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for May 27, 2019
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for May 27, 2019! 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.
Housing Development
- Read-up on Escondido Seeks Public Input On New Denser Housing Downtown.
- Comment on Palomar Heights Housing Development. See Support Urban Density for Climate Protection and Affordable Housing in Escondido. Comments end June 3, 2019.
War Crimes
- Read-up on Trump’s interest in pardoning Eddie Gallagher and other troops accused of war crimes, explained, Rep. Hunter on War-Crimes Suspect Gallagher: I'm Guilty of Same 'Bad Thing' and How Pardoning Servicemen Accused Of War Crimes May Impact The US Military.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and express concerns about his extremely inappropriate behaviors of photographing dead combatants when he was a Marine. His comments and behaviors showed a dereliction of duty and respect for human lives.
Immigration
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to support H.R.6 which “provide a path to citizenship for Dreamers, and legal permanent residency to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) recipients”. See Fight All Forms of Family Separations.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and express support for S.662 which provide access for legal counsel of unaccompanied migrant children. Both Senator Feinstein and Harris are co-sponsors of S.662.
- In related news: read-up on The U.S. Is Denying Citizenship to Service Members at an Unprecedented Rate and Thousands of immigrants suffer in solitary confinement in U.S. detention centers.
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