1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

When will you take action against the clear pattern of escalating threats to our rights and the rule of law? If kidnapping students for their political views was not enough, will it take the kidnapping of a member of Congress to make you act? Was the arrest of the Mayor of Newark not enough? In less than 4 months, the US has become a police state where masked and un-uniformed secret police can kidnap citizens and non-citizens alike for expressing opinions against the regime--and then these kidnap victims can be removed to remote locations. Now the US is a nation where elected representatives doing legally permitted oversight can be threatened with arrest-- or arrested. And lied about. YES, that is the USA today. Now private-for-profit corporations can run detention facilities that do not meet mandatory legal safety inspection criteria. Agents of the government such as Stephen Miller can threaten to suspend a foundational right in the constitution and bedrock of the English and Anglo-American common law tradition. This is happening here and now. You should be collectively horrified at the way you and your colleagues have enabled this. It is an unconscionable betrayal of the constitution that you swore to support and defend. Please, SPEAK OUT immediately against the abuses perpetrated by ICE. CONDEMN the LIES being put out by HHS (even in their government website) which falsely claim that members of Congress "stormed" an ICE facility. What are you going to do about all this? Please reply in writing to tell me that you understand the gravity and danger of these circumstances. Tell me what actions you will take: oversight, legislation, public statements and impeachment are all urgently necessary. Please, undertake them without delay. DO YOUR JOB.