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Grow with Us Plant Sale!
Get all of your garden needs and help support DFL48! This year, we’re offering you plant cards at both Gerten’s Greenhouses and Garden Center in Inver Grove Heights and Wagner’s Greenhouse in Minneapolis and Bloomington.
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"The future does not belong to those who sit on the sidelines." — Senator Paul Wellstone
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House 48A & 48B Candidate Forum
Posted by SD48 DFL Communications Team in Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn, Laurie Pryor, News
Rep. Laurie Pryor (House 48A) and Carlie Kotyza-Withoon & (House 48B) recently debated at a candidate forum. View here:
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Eden Prairie Unity in Diversity Picnic a Success!
Posted by SD48 DFL Communications Team in News
We had another wonderful gathering at the DFL SD48 United in Diversity Picnic in Eden Prairie!
Thank you all for attending and volunteering!
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Photo by Democratic Visions
Photos by Democratic Visions
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Come to our SD48 “United in Diversity” Picnic!
Posted by SD48 DFL Communications Team in Events
“WE ARE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS”
Enjoy Free Food, Games, Music with your neighbors. Speakers will include State Reps, City Council Members, State Officials, and Candidates.
When: Sunday, August 12 at 11:30 AM – 2 PM
Where: Round Lake, EP
Who: EVERYONE!
FREE, but it would be helpful if you register:
https://picnic-unitedindiversity.eventbrite.com
Wondering what you can do to help bring this callous Trump/GOP policy to an end?
Indivisible.org has a toolkit:
https://www.indivisible.org/resource/trumps-new-cruel-immigration-policy/
TRUMP’S NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER: MASS AND INDEFINITE DETENTION
In response to the outrage concerning the family separation policy, the Trump administration signed an executive order that he claimed would end the family separation crisis at the border. But is it an acceptable solution?
TRUMP’S EO CALLS FOR MASS DETENTION OF FAMILIES
First and foremost, the zero tolerance policy is still in place, meaning that people who cross the border are still being prosecuted. However, the executive order directs the Department of Homeland Security to keep families together while their cases are being processed. That means that our government is now detaining immigrant families. The executive order additionally directs the Department of Defense and other agencies to support DHS in detaining immigrants, meaning that the U.S. government will be creating a massive family immigration detention system.
THIS VIOLATES THE LAW
Under the 1997 Flores Settlement (which has been wrongly cited as the reason for the family separation crisis by Republicans in the past), immigrant children cannot be held in detention indefinitely. This executive order is seeks to skirt around these protections and allow families to be detained indefinitely. It’s cruel and inhuman and not a solution.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Trump created the family separation crisis, and his new executive order is not a solution. And like so many other Trump-created crises, Republicans in Congress are letting it happen. Some may have expressed concerns about the policy, but none have done anything about it. That’s where you come in.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Here are the best ways for you to get involved….
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Southwest 5k Run/Walk Labor Day ~ Sept 1, 2018
Posted by SD48 DFL Communications Team in Events
Join SD48 and other progressives on Saturday September 1st for our 2nd annual Southwest 5k Run/Walk.
A Race to Benefit SD48 DFL, Helping to Elect Progressives to Local Offices in Eden Prairie and Minnetonka.
Space is limited – registration is now open at: Register Here
When: Saturday, September 1, 2018
Starts: 9:00am
Where: Purgatory Creek Park. (in Eden Prairie)
Cost: $30
5k · events · fundraiser