REstore MN After the ICE Surge
The STAR act responds to the cruel and reckless federal immigration enforcement that has terrorized families, devastated schools and small businesses, and trampled our constitutional rights. The STAR Act, introduced to the Minnesota Legislature (Senate File 4175 and House File 3924), is a multi-pronged bill designed to bring Safety, Trust, Accountability, & Respect to Minnesota.
Safety: Protects schools, healthcare providers, and courts from intrusion by immigration enforcement agents without a signed judicial warrant and clear identification.
Trust: Protects Minnesotans’ data and privacy from dangerous and unnecessary intrusion by immigration enforcement personnel.
Accountability: The STAR Act holds federal agents accountable by creating a state civil cause of action against individuals who knowingly violate our constitutional rights while conducting civil immigration enforcement.
Respect: The STAR Act restores federal respect for due process and state and local law enforcement by disentangling state and local agencies from federal civil immigration enforcement.
Our communities are safer when ALL Minnesotans, regardless of their immigration status, feel safe to contact or seek help from local law enforcement.
Our Call to Action
Calling on Minnesota state legislators to support the STAR ACT.
Contact Info:
State and Local Government Committee:
Committee administrator: mtanous@senate.mn and
Sen. Xiong’s legislative assistant: sebastian.Gonzalez@senate.mn
To find your state senator and state representative:
Suggested message
For Senator Xiong, chair of the Senate State and Local Government Committee:
I am ______ and I live _____. Optional: I am a member of Indivisible Twin Cities.
Please hear the STAR Act, Senate File 4176, at your earliest opportunity, and giving your full support to this bill, which protects all Minnesotans from federal overreach.
To Your state representative and state senator:
Give your full support to the STAR Act (SF4176/HF3924), which protects all Minnesotans from federal overreach. We need a comprehensive bill to address the comprehensive damage done in Minnesota.
In both messages, add a sentence or two about why this is important to you For instance:.
Are you an immigrant?
Do you have friends or neighbors who are immigrants?
Have you seen harm in your neighborhood, school or workplace because of the lawlessness of federal agents?
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