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Last week, federal judges in three states halted the implementation of the Trump administration's unfair "public charge" rule for immigrant families. These preliminary injunctions are a huge victory for immigrant families. Unfortunately, the rulings do not affect the public charge determinations made by the Department of State's consular processing of immigrants in their home country. Also last week, a judge in El Paso, TX ruled that it was illegal for Trump to use $3.6 billion in Pentagon money intended for military construction to build his border wall. Discuss these legal decisions by citing the values of Community, Economic Security, and Family Unity.

• Messaging and communication tools: Protect Immigrant Families' website, Public Charge: Understanding the Current Rules and Public Charge Fact Sheet; NILC and CLASP's statement: Courts Block Trump Public Charge Regulations; The Opportunity Agenda’s Quick Tips for Talking Immigration Issues and 5 Tips for Talking About Border Communities Without Talking about A Wall
• Hashtags: #protectfamilies; #nobannowall; #noborderwall

Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 32, which will phase out the use of all private, for-profit prisons, including both prisons and immigration detention facilities, in the state. Despite this victory, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could transfer detained immigrants to other parts of the country, even though it has the power to release them. Discuss the legislation and next steps by citing the values of Community, Redemption, and Economic Security.

• Messaging and communication tools: The Opportunity Agenda's Californians & Criminal Justice Reform; Promote Community Safety through Alternatives to Incarceration and Ensure Decent Detention Conditions; Freedom for Immigrants' We Just Won A Major Victory In The Fight Against Immigration Detention; 
• Hashtags: #AB32

Below is a list of communication hooks and events for this week in October that you can use to reach new audiences and inform existing ones. Click on each link for messaging and communication tools as well as hashtags.

Events and Cultural Hooks:

• Filipino American History Month
• LGBTQ History Month
• See Us, Support Us Month
• DACA Renewal Week: Now until Oct. 20
• World Food Day: Wednesday, Oct. 16 
• International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Thursday, Oct. 17 
• World Values Day: Thursday, Oct. 17
• Webinar on #NewWayForward on Ending Immigrant Criminalization: Thursday, Oct. 17 @ 2pm EDT
• Deadline for comments ton proposal to undercut anti-discrimination protections in housing: Friday, Oct. 18
• National Week of Action Against Schools Pushout: Sat. Oct. 19 – Sun. Oct. 27
• Open Borders Conference: Saturday, Oct. 19
• Webinar with Immigration Research Consortium: Friday, Oct 20 @ 2pm EDT
• National Day of Protest against Police Brutality: Tuesday, Oct. 22 

Historical Anniversaries: 

• Black Power salute during Olympics: Oct 16, 1966 
• The Clean Water Act: Oct. 18, 1972
• First Filipino immigrants arrived in U.S. : Oct. 18, 1587
• First African Americans were elected to the House of Representatives: Oct. 19, 1870
• Labor organizer Maria Moreno born: Oct 20, 1920
• NAACP petitioned U.N. with “An Appeal to the World:" Oct. 23, 1947

For a look further ahead in October, click here.

You don't need to wait each week for the Amp action alert to find out what's coming up. You can easily add our media hooks and events to your work calendar, which will automatically update when your refresh your calendar. Here's how:

• Google Calendar: Follow these instructions to subscribe to calendar (not "from URL" option). Copy and paste this entire link:      o33rmu231ochbp5i16botmsvus@group.calendar.google.com 
• Outlook: Follow these instructions. Copy and paste this entire link:   https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/o33rmu231ochbp5i16botmsvus%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
• Apple iCal for Macs: Follow these instructions. Copy and paste this entire link:   https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/o33rmu231ochbp5i16botmsvus%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics