Actions

Resources including Immigrant Support, Eastside Protests, Postcarding and more. 

For the week of March 23, 2026

🎙️Mar 23, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 Indivisible Eastside’s March 21st virtual meeting featured an update on the recent legislative session and details of the No Kings Rally. See these meeting NOTES that include links to the recording and slides.

🔷 March 28th, NO Kings! Indivisible’s No Kings Kirkland March, Food Drive and Rally starts at 1 pm at Marina Park in Kirkland. Please select the link for the schedule, volunteer opportunities and other important details. Looking for a march elsewhere? There are 110 (and counting) No Kings 3 Events scheduled in Washington for March 28th and thousands around the country! Whether you’re here or traveling, make a plan to join one!

🔷 Marches, phone banks, postcarding, Visibility Brigade. Is there anything else? Yes! Did you know there are campaigns doing textbanking? If the idea of calling someone scares you to death, but you have nimble fingers, maybe texting is a choice for you. Check out Field Team 6’s free texting option done via computer. For campaigns to be successful, they need every tool possible to reach voters. You can help make a Blue Wave a reality.

Weekly Actions

✊ Action 1 – The FBI would like to know your location. Tell Congress: Close the FISA loophole.

From Chop Wood, Carry Water

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), has a loophole that lets the government buy your personal data from tech companies without a warrant. No judge, no probable cause. Section 702 focuses on warrantless surveillance of Americans’ communications, “backdoor” searches, and insufficient oversight. That’s how the Trump Administration surveilled Muslim Americans through a prayer app.

Critics state that intelligence agencies (FBI, CIA, NSA) misuse the law to query private data without a warrant, impacting civil liberties and privacy. Federal agencies, particularly the FBI, have conducted numerous searches for Americans’ private data within this database without obtaining a warrant, including queries on journalists, lawmakers, and protesters. On Wed, Kash Patel disclosed that the FBI buys data to track Americans.

The Act is up for reauthorization, with an April 30th deadline. The Pentagon has cut a deal with OpenAI (owner of Chat GPT) for AI tools that can analyze all that data in real time. Experts warn this could let the government generate a list of everyone who disagrees with them. A bipartisan commission introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act, which “offers a comprehensive and balanced solution that would prevent abuse of Americans’ personal information while preserving essential national security tools that keep our country safe.” Safeguards in the Act include:

  • Closing the backdoor search loophole: requires the federal government to get a warrant to access Americans’ private communications gathered under Section 702, with important exceptions for emergency situations.
  • Closing the data broker loophole: bans the federal government from buying Americans’ data from data brokers without a warrant.
  • Prohibiting reverse targeting: prohibits using surveillance on foreigners overseas through Section 702 as a pretext for gathering data on Americans.

Action: Tell Congress: Close the FISA loophole.

☎ Sample Script for Senate and House Representatives:

I’m calling to urge the Senator/Representative to vote NO on FISA until Congress CLOSES the data broker loophole for no-warrant surveillance. If Congress extends FISA without changes, the government will be able to continue to ignore the Fourth Amendment and seize our data without a warrant. Please vote for the bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act which closes many of the loopholes and protects Americans.

I don’t want the FBI using AI to spy on me and my community. I am asking the Senator/Representative to stand with the bipartisan coalition that believes the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale. Please make sure FISA doesn’t pass until the data broker loophole is closed.

Thank you,

[NAME]

[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]

✊ Action 2 – HUD Proposed Mixed Status Changes Need YOUR Voice by April 21st

From: Keep Families Together , Take Action Network and Eastside for All

Federal law has long allowed families with mixed immigration status to live together in HUD housing and to receive housing assistance for family members who are U.S. citizens or have eligible immigration status. These families include family members who cannot receive housing assistance because of their immigration status, such as temporary visa holders.

Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a rule to evict certain immigrant families from their homes. This would upend this long-standing policy and prohibit families with mixed immigration status from receiving housing assistance or living in HUD housing programs like public housing and Section 8.

Federal agencies like the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) depend on comments to assess the real impact of policies and actions on the public. They are required by law to read and consider the comments they receive. Commenting takes less than five minutes.

Select the link to submit a comment: HUD-2026-1099-0001

  1. Begin by stating your opposition: “I strongly oppose HUD’s proposed rule ‘Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status (FR-6524)’.”
  2. Name your demand: “The Trump administration should immediately withdraw its current proposal.”
  3. Give a “Why” – here are examples from Keep Families Together:
    • HUD’s documentation states the proposed changes will significantly reduce the supply of affordable housing for everyone, further exacerbating the housing crisis.
    • The proposal will evict over 37,000 children from their homes.
    • HUD says the proposal will mean less housing for everyone, and less money for repairs of existing housing.
    • Seniors on fixed incomes are particularly at risk because they have limited resources to spend on other basic needs including food, medication and transportation.
  4. Or, IF you have a personal story, share it.
  5. Tell HUD what you want them to do instead, such as, “work with Congress to make major investments in the federal housing programs and take actions that ensure everyone has a safe and affordable place to call home.”

⛅ Bright Spots

  • In the Rio Grande Valley, two of President Trump’s top priorities, the economy and mass deportation, are colliding as ICE raids upend the construction industry. ”ICE has raided us anywhere between 10 to 15 times throughout different subdivisions.” Worksites across the Rio Grande Valley have ground to a halt. Some Trump supporters are changing their minds. Gift Article
  • On March 16th, a federal judge stated the vaccine panel appointed by Robert F. Kennedy was “distinctly unqualified” and lacked the “fair balance” required under law. Further, the appointment of a controversial slate of vaccine advisers likely violated federal law, and all votes taken by the committee over the past year have been stayed. (In June, Kennedy fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices – an independent panel of vaccine experts – replacing them with loyalists.)
  • Last week, a federal judge in DC blocked the regime’s attempt to completely gut the deportation appeals process—with new rules that were set to take effect the next morning. A federal judge said immigrants have won 350 of 362 decided habeas cases—legal challenges claiming unlawful imprisonment—in 50 courts before 160 different judges.
  • In rural Osage County, OK, volunteer Fire Chief Charly Pearson spoke out at a city council meeting against a data center planned by Google. He received a standing ovation. Then, a Google rep phoned Pearson directly with an offer – $250,000 for the fire department. He brought it to his board and they rejected it. “For me to take their money,” he said, “felt like I was jeopardizing the public’s support. And at the end of the day they mean more to me than that does.”
  • Friday, a Federal judge ruled the Pentagon policy restricting press access is unconstitutional, handing victory to the New York Times.

Upcoming Events

  • Mon Mar 23 – 7:30 pm – Ibram X. Kendi discusses great replacement theory at Town Hall Seattle – The Great Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, Seattle.
  • Tues Mar 24 – 6 – 7:30 pm – Legal Observer Training -The ACLU of Washington, in collaboration with local Indivisible chapters, is hosting an online training for those who want to be legal observers during No Kings rallies. Please register via the link.
  • Wed Mar 25 – 1 – 3:30 pm – No Kings Prep Event – We will be writing postcards to Swing States, assembling whistle kits, and making posters for the protest. Supplies and refreshments are provided, just bring your creativity! Bellevue Downtown Public Library.
  • Sat Mar 28 -1-4:30 pm – No Kings Kirkland March, Food Drive and Rally – Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Plaza Drive, Kirkland. Please see the link for the schedule and other important details.
  • Mon Mar 30 – 4:30 pm – Get Offline and Find Your People – The Red Wine & Blue Network and Bonfire—a community created by Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action—are teaming up to help women who are looking to build real connections and make a difference. Register for this virtual event.
  • Through May 9 – We STILL Dream a Future: Reclaiming Our Humanity – exhibit at King Street Station Seattle.

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