Please read the following initiative to Senators Markey & Warren. Activist groups across MA are calling on our senators to hold ICE town halls ASAP.

Would any of your groups want to sign on? If so, please respond directly to: indivisiblefirstmiddlesex@gmail.com

Dear Senator Markey:

We are writing to ask you to convene a series of Commonwealth Town Halls that focus on ICE

activities in Massachusetts.

The Town Halls could bring together elected officials, immigrant rights advocates, clergy, chiefs

of police, legal experts, and other stakeholders, and would be an opportunity for the public to

pose questions and become better informed. Those unable to be present in person could take part

via Zoom thereby reaching the widest possible audience.

We first proposed Town Halls when we wrote to commend you for co-signing the June 11 th letter

to Homeland Security Inspector General Cuffari in response actions by ICE agents across the

Commonwealth. We wholeheartedly agree that ICE's "escalating aggression is not making us

safer."

Since we last contacted you, ICE and Homeland Security agents have employed increasingly

aggressive tactics. The deployment of National Guard units in Los Angeles and Washington D.

C. are evidence of the Administration's tactical escalation, and the unprecedented funding

included in Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" for additional agents and detention centers will only

make matters worse.

For this reason, we believe it is important that all persons residing in the Commonwealth,

citizens and non-citizens alike, be informed of the risks that arise from the "increasingly

aggressive and intimidating tactics" employed by ICE agents and the threat they present to the

rule of law.

We strongly urge you to convene Town Hall halls and we would actively assist in promoting

such an event.

Respectfully,

ENDORSING GROUPS

Indivisible First Middlesex

Indivisible Lowell

Indivisible Fitchburg

Worcester Indivisible

Mass 50501

Mira Coalition

Indivisible Acton Area

Lowell Alliance

Chelmsford Connected

The Peacemakers Network

LUCE Lowell

Concord Indivisible

Rise Coalition

Merrimack Valley Project (Lawrence)

Stand Up! 01450 (Groton)

Littleton Indivisible

Solidarity Lowell

Greater Haverhill Indivisible

Townsend 50501

Nashoba Indivisible

Berlin Boylston Indivisible

Shrewsbury Indivisible

Greater Assabet Indivisible Network

Indivisible Northampton-Swing Left Western MA

Indivisible West Quabbin

Indivisible Central Mass

Mystic Mashup Indivisible

First Parish Concord Immigrant Justice Task Force

Indivisible NoWoCo

Flamingo Revolutionists (Leominster)

Tyngsboro Indivisible

Westford Indivisible

Latinx Center (Lowell)

Ashburnham Democratic Town Committee

Westminster Democratic Town Committee

Pepperell Democratic Town Committee

Harvard Democratic Town Committee

Acton Democratic Town Committee

Lower Cape Indivisible

Indivisible Upper Cape

Cape Cod Women for Change (Indivisible)

Mid-Cape Indivisible