Action Alert:
Urge Your State Legislators to Vote YES on LD 1822
Seeking to access personal data is central to the administration’s mass deportation agenda and reaching its daily arrest quotas. To identify and target people, the administration has sought to access data from the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, child support cases, social media, and much more.
LD 1822, “An Act to Enact the Maine Online Data Privacy Act,” would provide crucial safeguards to protect Maine immigrant residents’ personal online data. Immigrant communities in Maine use the internet to seek immigration legal assistance (including from ILAP), Know Your Rights information, English as a Second Language resources, and other information that could readily identify them as noncitizens. Without strong privacy protections, these searches can become part of detailed, individual profiles that could be sold to and used by the federal government without a warrant.
Call or email your Maine state Representative and Senator today and urge them to support LD 1822! Submit your message through the form below, or find your State Senator here and your State Representative here.
A NOTE FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES: Noncitizens and citizens alike can take part in these actions. Maine's Representatives and Senators represent all of us, regardless of immigration status. You do not need to identify your immigration status when contacting your State Representatives. If you are a noncitizen, you can leave out personal details that might identify you. As always, stay safe and make the decision that is right for you.