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Congressional Hispanic Caucus Comes Out Swinging Against Trump
Also, a federal judge issued a temporary 14-day restraining order against Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order
On Thursday, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) held a press conference to speak out against President Trump’s anti-immigrant policies. Members of the caucus pulled no punches in calling out Republican hypocrisy and the unconstitutional nature of many of his orders. Among the speakers were chair of the CHC Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), and Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) among others.
“The vast majority of undocumented immigrants are hardworking people who have paid taxes and contributed to American society, some for decades,” said Rep. Castro (D-TX), the CHC vice chair of diversity and inclusion. “[Trump] says he’s targeting criminals, but he just removed the restrictions that stopped ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] from conducting raids on schools, on hospitals and in churches.” I would ask you who he believes among those kids is a criminal sitting in a first-grade class. Who are the criminals that he’s going after in the Catholic Church, in the Presbyterian Church, in the nondenominational churches? Who are those criminals?”