The Judicial Committee of the CT State Legislature is holding a hearing on HB 7212, which will expand privacy protections regarding information shared with federal immigration authorities. The hearing will take place Wednesday, March 19th at 10 AM. Our peers at Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), ACLU-CT, Connecticut Students for a Dream (C4D), and New Haven Immigrant Coalition need us to show up in support of immigrant rights in Connecticut.
According to the ACLU-CT, this bill:
1) prohibits local police from detaining people solely on immigration detainers unless accompanied by a judicial warrant,
2) expands protections beyond police to cover all public agencies, including schools and social services,
3) prevents public agencies from sharing personal information such as addresses, workplaces, and school locations for immigration enforcement, and
4) requires transparency when agencies interact with ICE, including notifying individuals about immigration detainers against them.
Read the full fact sheet here (hoja informativa en Español).
📣 SHOW UP, AND SHOW OUT 📣
OUR ASK: Join our partners in solidarity for a strengthened TRUST Act. Provide verbal or written testimony in support of HB-7212.
We also invite you to attend the TRUST Act press conference, the morning of the hearing, to show our legislators how many of us will fight to keep our neighbors safe. The press conference will take place at the Legislative Office Building, 300 Capital Ave., Hartford, CT, 06106.
You must submit written testimony, or register to provide verbal testimony, by TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 3 PM. This is a strict deadline.
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