Hoyer Statement on President Trump's Dehumanizing Comments Regarding Immigrants
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For Immediate Release:
May 17, 2018
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WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to President Trump's comments dehumanizing immigrants at a roundtable yesterday:
"Once again, Donald Trump has revealed the malice with which he regards people unlike himself. By dehumanizing immigrants, he is trying to justify the kind of inhumane treatment to which his Administration is subjecting them. Under his watch, immigrant families are living in fear of being torn apart. Crying children are being taken from the arms of their parents at the border and locked away. Young people who were brought here as minors and have grown up as patriotic Americans are under threat of deportation and being cast out from the only country they’ve called home.
“Immigrants are people who, like us and our ancestors, are only seeking a better life and a chance to make it in America – and our immigration policies should reflect that. I continue to urge the President and his Administration to recognize that and the significant contributions that immigrants make to our nation.”
"Once again, Donald Trump has revealed the malice with which he regards people unlike himself. By dehumanizing immigrants, he is trying to justify the kind of inhumane treatment to which his Administration is subjecting them. Under his watch, immigrant families are living in fear of being torn apart. Crying children are being taken from the arms of their parents at the border and locked away. Young people who were brought here as minors and have grown up as patriotic Americans are under threat of deportation and being cast out from the only country they’ve called home.
“Immigrants are people who, like us and our ancestors, are only seeking a better life and a chance to make it in America – and our immigration policies should reflect that. I continue to urge the President and his Administration to recognize that and the significant contributions that immigrants make to our nation.”