CALL CONGRESS UNTIL TPS FOR HAITIANS IS EXTENDED! DO YOUR PART! TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS) FOR 50,000 HAITIANS ENDS JULY 22 UNLESS DHS SEC. KELLY EXTENDS IT SOON – BUT IT’S AT GRAVE RISK!
TELL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THEY NEED TO CALL AND WEIGH IN WITH SECRETARY KELLY NOW TO CONVINCE HIM TO EXTEND IT!
HURRICANE MATTHEW HAS LEFT A DEVASTATING FOOD INSECURITY CRISIS: PEOPLE ARE DYING OF MALNUTRITION BECAUSE THE CROPS AND LIVESTOCK WERE DESTROYED! AND THE UN HAS RAISED ONLY $2 MILLION OF ITS $400 MILLION TARGET TO EVEN BEGIN TARGETING THE UNCHECKED CHOLERA EPIDEMIC WHICH HAS KILLED AND SICKENED A MILLION PEOPLE! HAITI’S NEW GOVERNMENT IS OVERWHELMED WITH THESE CRISES AND CAN’T SAFELY ASSIMILATE 50,000 ADDITIONAL DEPORTEES, MUCH LESS REPLACE THEIR REMITTANCES WHICH SUPPORT PERHAPS 500,000 FAMILY IN HAITI! DEPORTING THEM WOULD DESTABILIZE HAITI AND INJURE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY! CALL NOW AND EVERY DAY UNTIL DHS SECRETARY KELLY EXTENDS TPS! BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FAVORS EXTENSION! US SENATORS RUBIO AND NELSON OF FLORIDA, MARKEY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND SCHUMER AND GILLIBRAND OF NY HAVE ALREAD SIGNED LETTERS TO KELLY FOR EXTENSION! So too have at least 11 U.S. Representatives! CALL TO THANK THEM BUT SAY THAT TPS IS THREATENED AND THAT YOU WANT THEM TO WEIGH IN WITH SECRETARY KELLY NOW, PERSONALLY AND EFFECTIVELY, UNTIL KELLY DOES THE RIGHT THING AND EXTENDS TPS! BELOW ARE PHONE #s IN DC AND LOCALLY FOR SOME KEY CONGRESSPERSONS! SPREAD THE WORD AND GET EVERYONE TO CALL THEIR OFFICES!
IF YOU CALL THE CONGRESSIONAL SWITCHBOARD, 202 225 3121, AND FOLLOW THE PROMPTS, YOU WILL BE CONNECTED TO ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS! BUT IT’S MUCH QUICKER TO CALL THEM ON THEIR DIRECT LINES LISTED AT THE END OF THIS MESSAGE! IF YOU GET A RECORDING OR A PERSON, YOU CAN SAY: “I’m calling to THANK Senator [or Representative] [NAME] for writing [if they did] DHS Secretary Kelly about the need to extend TPS for Haiti, which expires July 22! Please let the Senator [Representative] know that TPS is at grave risk of NOT being extended, and that we need him [her] to please call DHS Secretary Kelly today to URGE HIM TO EXTEND IT, because not extending it would be a travesty and disaster for families here and in Haiti and bad for U.S. national security! Thank you so much!” Say that you are a constituent if you live in the congressperson’s state or district. But regardless, call as many people on the list as you can. You can use your own words if you like, and keep it brief. You don’t need to discuss the issue;; the receptionist is trained just to take your message without asking for any details. Be sure to thank them! IT’S GREAT THAT SOME CONGRESSPERSONS SIGNED SUPPORTIVE LETTERS! BUT WE NEED THEM TO WEIGH IN WITH SECRETARY KELLY NOW, BEHIND-­THE-­SCENES, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN! HERE’S A LIST OF U.S. SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO CALL AND THEIR DIRECT #S IN WASHINGTON, DC AND AT HOME! PLEASE CALL AS MANY AS YOU CAN, AND GET OTHER PEOPLE TO DO SO TOO! U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (Florida, signed March 24 letter)
DC: 202-224-3041
Orlando: 407-254-2573
Miami: 305-418-8553
Jacksonville: 904-398-8586
Pensacola: 850-433-2603
Tallahassee: 850-599-9100
Palm Beach: 561-775-3360
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (MA, sent April 18 letter)
DC: 202-224-2742
Boston: 617-565-8519
Fall River: 508-677-0523
Springfield: 413-785-4610
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (Florida, signed March 24 letter)
DC: 202-224-5274
Broward: 954-693-4851
Fort Myers: 239-334-7760
Jacksonville: 904-346-4500
Miami-Dade: 305-536-5999
Orlando: 407-872-7161
Tallahassee: 850-942-8415
Tampa: 813-225-7040
West Palm Beach: 561-514-0189
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (NY, sent March 24 letter)
DC: 202-224-6542
Syracuse: 315-423-5471
Peekskill: 914-734-1532
New York City: 212-486-4430
Buffalo: 716-846-4111
Binghamton: 607-772-6792
Albany: 518-431-4070
Melville: 631-753-0978
Rochester: 585-263-5866
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY, sent March 24 letter)
DC: 202-224-4451
Hudson Valley: 845-875-4585
New York City: (212) 688-­6262
Syracuse: (315) 448-­0470
Rochester: (585) 263-­6250
North Country: (315) 376-­6118
Long Island: (631) 249-­2825
Buffalo: (716) 854-­9725
Albany: (518) 431-­0120
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker
DC: 202-224-3224
Camden: 856-338-8922
Newark: (973) 639-8700
(no letter yet; urge him to send one too)
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez
DC: 202-224-4744
Newark: 973-645-3030
Barrington: 856-757-5353
(no letter yet; urge him to send one too)
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehrinen (Florida, signed March 24 letter)
DC: 202-225-3931
Miami: 305-668-2285
U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (Florida, signed March 24 letter)
DC: 202-225-4211
Doral: 305-470-8555
Naples: 239-348-1620
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (Florida, signed March 24 letter)
DC: 202-225-2778
Miami: 305-222-0160
Key West: 305-292-4485
Florida City: 305-247-1234
U.S. Rep. Mia Love (Utah, sent March 14 letter)
U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY)
DC: 202-225-6231
Brooklyn: 718-287-1142
U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark (MA)
DC: 202-225-2836
Cambridge: 617-354-0292
Framingham: 508-319-9757
U.S. Rep. Michael
Capuano (MA)
DC: (202) 225-5111
Cambridge: 617 621-6208
U.S. Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (signed March 24 letter)
DC: 202-225-1313
Broward County: 954-733-2800
Palm Beach County: 561-469-7048
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (signed March 24 letter)
DC: 202-225-3001
Boca Raton: 561-470-5440
Coral Springs: 954-255-8336
Margate: 954-972-6454
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman
DC: 202-225-7931
Sunrise: 954-845-1179
Aventura: 305-936-5724
Schultz (signed March 24 letter)
U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson (signed March 24 letter)
DC: 202-225-4506
Hollywood: 954-921-3682
Miami Gardens: 305-690-5905
U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel (signed March 24 letter)
DC: 202-225-9890
Boca Raton: 561-998-9045