Pelosi Statement on President Trump's Threats of a New Mass Deportation Dragnet
Source: Office of the Speaker
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the President’s threat to arrest and deport millions of immigrants, and to specifically target families:
“The President’s new threat of a mass deportation dragnet is an act of utter malice and bigotry, designed solely to inject fear in our communities. This plan revives the horror of the President’s family separation policy, inflicting its inhumanity on countless hard-working families across America.
“Since Day One, the Administration’s failed policies – from family separation, to child incarceration, to gutting asylum protections – have created senseless tragedy and heartbreak both at the border and throughout our country, and have turned America’s back on a decades-long, bipartisan understanding of the value of immigrants to our nation.
“The President must walk away from these cruel, ineffective and discriminatory policies, and work with Democrats to support smart, effective immigration reform that honors our values and keeps families together and safe. The President must also stop sabotaging good-faith, constructive and bipartisan efforts in Congress to address the root causes of the situation by blocking funding for humanitarian efforts in Central America.”
Read more: https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/61819/
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Many of my friends/relatives will be voting Blue no matter Who next fall (We're in our 50's and into our 70's, so of course we'll be voting next fall--That's if we can vote and have our votes counted). But friends I speak with are becoming less enthusiastic after that big blue Congressional wave last fall. I feel them 😐 These same friends are begining to become a bit worried about what they're hearing from their children and especially grandchildren of voting age and who are first time voters who are starting to see Dems as 'weak sauce' is what one friend told me her granddaughter is starting to call the Dem party. I'm not shocked by what this friends granddaughter told her, because @ 58, I'm starting to see too many Dems as 'weak sauce' myself unfortunately
Pile another dead-end bill on Mitch's desk? See my post #10, below. Immigration reform has previously been beat to death many times, and that's one reason Trump knew he could get tons of mileage off it during his campaign and tenure.
It is important that she makes a strong statement in hopes it will catch some of our pond-water weak media's attention and reach a few of the public's ears, and to get it in the Congressional Record.
Doing that is also important in order to make a credible case against tRump in the future, knowing that many people's legal and civil rights will be violated during any mass roundup.
That's just about all she can do until budget time.
And, welcome to DU.....
that humans are being mistreated and even killed in out name and using our money. Justice moves too slow in our eyes, especially when we see pain and suffering. And as you said, there's some with cruel hearts that simply do not care.
The real shame is that just like with war crimes, many who are executing these measures will never be punished and may even remain in their jobs. A major change in the administration can correct part of that difficult issue.
The other day, I saw an article in the UK's Guardian news site that had a memorable quote that hit home regarding my impatience with many things in big government:
“Representative democracy was intended to work against our cognitive biases, dimly though these might have been understood at the time,” he says. “It puts barriers in the way of immediate gratification and slows down decision-making … That’s what makes representative democracy so frustrating. It is rarely gratifying. It is not meant to be.”
That's why for many bad situations, our only immediate relief may be nothing more that a good rant on DU....
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As wiser folks than me have said, the wheels of justice turn very slow.......
the shear irony that many, many Republican business interests have been built on and still rely on migrant and immigrant labor in this country. Devin Nunes' family farm still relies on it and some say it wouldn't survive without migrants.
Years ago, each time immigration reform came up in Congress, it was said each time by those in the know that meaningful reform would always somehow be blocked by Republicans to protect business interests.
I'm surprised tRump has been allowed to take this severe path on immigration by his big money boys....
If his impossible campaign bullshit pipe-dream idea of an all native workforce came true, we would probably pay 50% or more additional for roof replacements, landscape and concrete work, motel stays and many other areas with jobs most Americans no longer want to do. We'll also pay much more for our many parts of our food supply.
And then, there's the matter of tariffs.....
FU you sick motherfucker. I hate you with all my soul!!
his Psycho ass
