Meeks Said He Will Help Trump Spy on Americans
QUEENS, NY — On Monday, April 13, protestors will gather outside Rep. Gregory Meeks’s office in response to the congressman’s comments that he will vote for a renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Services Act (FISA) without any meaningful privacy reforms to prevent the Trump administration from spying on private American citizens. Meeks’s support for renewing FISA aligns him with President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller who are demanding ‘a clean reauthorization’ of FISA.
The demonstration is organized by a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups urging Congress to only reauthorize FISA with meaningful privacy protections. Specifically, these groups pushed for closing the data broker loophole that the FBI, ICE, and NSA exploit to purchase the private data of Americans without any court involvement.
Congress is expected to vote on FISA next week, after Republicans had to delay an earlier vote due to significant opposition from both sides of the aisle.
DETAILS
What: Protest of Rep. Meeks for Bending to Trump on Government Surveillance
Where: Rep. Meeks's Office, 153-01 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432.
When: Monday, April 13 at 4 PM ET