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星期六, 1月 13, 2018

CAPAC Condemns Trump’s Racist Statement and Threats to Family Immigration

CAPAC Condemns Trump’s Racist Statement and Threats to Family Immigration

Washington, D.C.— Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statement condemning President Trump’s racist comments and ongoing threats to the legal, family-based immigration system:

“The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus strongly condemns President Trump’s reprehensible statement about immigrants from African and other countries.  It is racist and reveals his thinking that he would like to ‘Make America White Again.’  President Trump would like to take this country backward and end immigration as we know it.

“With his statement, it is now clear why President Trump has moved to end the DACA program, decimate legal immigration, and to end the Temporary Protected Status of countries.
  
“CAPAC believes strongly that the most urgent business at hand is to pass a clean DREAM Act.  We must protect the lives of the 800,000 young people who fear deportation to a country they do not even know, and who not only come from Mexico, but also South Korea, the Philippines, India and many other countries from around the world.  We also believe, however that, such a solution should not be done on the back of our family-based immigration system.

“The family-based immigration system has contributed greatly to America, contrary to the pejorative term President Trump uses for it, ‘chain migration.’  Despite what he and his Republican allies claim, family migration is not a flaw in our immigration system – it is a great strength to our economy, our communities and our families.  Family-based immigration has often been the only mechanism for women to enter the United States.  Today, three quarters of all immigrants to the United States are women and children, and they contribute mightily to our economy, our communities and the stability of our families.  If Republicans want to claim to be the party of ‘family values,’ they should embrace this critical part of our system as many Republicans of old have done.  

“We should not trade one family’s pain for that of another. Therefore, CAPAC will not support a DACA deal that will make any changes to our family-based immigration system.”

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