澳彩开奖 statement on Trump's threat to call up troops and close the southern border
Today鈥檚 announcement that President Trump might call up federal troops and听鈥渃lose our southern border鈥� to stop immigrants from countries like听Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador听from entering the U.S. is racist and illegal.
Since the day the President took office,听his administration has implemented policies that are intended to prevent vulnerable asylum seekers who have fled persecution in their home countries from seeking protection in the United States.
Today鈥檚 announcement is just another political ploy, using scare tactics to paint lawful immigration as a security threat.听
Earlier this week, the 澳彩开奖 and other organizations updated a class action lawsuit filing in their ongoing case against the Trump administration, called听Al Otro Lado, Inc. v. Nielsen.听
The filing directly links high-level Trump administrators to an official 鈥淭urnback Policy,鈥� ordering U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials to illegally restrict the number of听asylum seekers who can access the asylum process at ports of entry.
We will continue our fight to hold this administration accountable to fundamental principles of fairness and decency.
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