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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSanders joins rally outside Border Patrol's DC offices
03/21/17
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined an immigration rally outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Joined at the event by Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Sanders blasted President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly's crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
Stop picking on the poor, stop picking on the undocumented, he said.
President Trump thinks hes a tough guy because hes taken on farm workers who make nine or 10 bucks an hour, Sanders added.
Hes a tough guy because he can throw moms and dads out of this country. Well I say to Mr. Trump, if youre such a tough guy, why dont you take on the insurance companies and drug companies and Wall Street.
Hundreds marched to the offices of the agency in a rally organized by the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM), a coalition of grassroots organizations fighting for immigrants' rights. Under the Trump administration, federal officials have aggressively stepped up their immigration enforcement, expanding raids and ramping up prosecutions and deportations of undocumented immigrants. Sanders renewed calls for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform with a path toward citizenship. Meng spoke about the personal toll of the administration's policies, mentioning families who have been separated from children for days and saying that many had not been given access to a lawyer.
We have seen way too many cases of taxpayers' money being used to separate, tearing our families apart,she said. We have seen too many instances of our tax payers money being used to violate our civil rights.
Demonstrators chanted phrases such as Si Se Puede and others directed at DHS Secretary Kelly. Before wrapping up the rally, a FIRM advocate told the crowd to be loud and started a chant: John Kelly, escucha. Estamos en la lucha, which roughly translates to John Kelly, listen. We are in the fight.
http://thehill.com/latino/325050-sanders-joins-rally-outside-border-patrol-office
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Sanders joins rally outside Border Patrol's DC offices (Original Post)
Donkees
Mar 2017
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Chevy
(1,063 posts)1. Canada should send out a travel warning to it's citizens
considering all the harassment that is being reported.
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)2. Say it, Bernie!
Say it loud!
democrank
(11,112 posts)3. Thank you once again, Bernie
RESIST!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)4. Bernie is a mensch!
He tears into Trump every chance he gets and still manages to remain positive and enthusiastic about change.
He never gets tired of walking the walk and that enrages those who hate him. I love to see right wing trolls start frothing at the mouth whenever his name is mentioned.