1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

Congress is voting on whether to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which would extend the federal government's power to secretly spy on Americans for years to come. The Constitution requires the government to go to court and obtain a warrant if they want our private data. Yet the U.S. government has repeatedly abused Section 702 to spy on Americans without a warrant, including protestors, members of Congress, and journalists. Despite bipartisan concerns, Congress has continued to rubber-stamp this dangerous surveillance law. And within the White House, Stephen Miller, the mastermind behind President Trump's mass deportation agenda, is loudly advocating for extending this law without any reforms. Meanwhile, government agencies are circumventing the Fourth Amendment, buying up our most private information without warrants, and spending millions of taxpayer dollars to do it. We cannot continue to allow President Trump and Stephen Miller to secretly spy on us without a warrant. You voted yes to allow your constituents to be spied on without a warrant. I am urging you to change course on your ill-advised choice to support this, and to vote no on the re vote.