“This was a wake-up call that Trump, Sessions and Kelly
are serious about mass deportation and are anxious to get started. It is a call to action for people who oppose
mass deportation and turning the documented into undocumented so that they can
be deported.”
Press Release, Office of Rep. Luis Gutiérrez
July 12, 2017
Washington, DC – On Wednesday, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL)
was among the Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) to meet with
Secretary John Kelly of the Department of Homeland Security. In the closed door meeting that lasted more
than an hour, Sec. Kelly was questioned about the continuation of the DACA
program (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals); ICE arrests targeting the
parents and family of children seeking refuge; detention and deportation of
those with no criminal record and/or stays of deportation; the renewal of
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for numerous countries; and the deportation of
U.S. veterans.
The following is a statement from Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez, a
Member of the Judiciary Committee and Chair of the Immigration Task Force of
the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
I think we have to prepare for the worst and get
ready to fight mass deportation. We
showed up at airports to fight the Muslim and Refugee Ban and now DREAMers and
people who have lived here legally for decades with TPS are in imminent danger.
Secretary Kelly determines the future of TPS and
basically told us he is not sure if he will extend it for hundreds of thousands
of people. He also said that the future of DACA is up to Attorney General Jeff
Sessions, America’s leading advocate against immigration, so Kelly was
basically telling us DACA is facing a death sentence. They actually want to take millions of people who are documented
– with our own government – make them undocumented, and then go after them and
their families.
So, I fear for anybody currently with DACA or TPS.[...]
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