- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

A message from League of United Latin American Citizens

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

View as web page:
[link removed]

LULAC Condemns
Trump Executive Order
=====================


Nation’s Leading Latino Civil Rights Organization Calls Excluding Undocumented
Immigrants from Census A Denial of Basic Rights

Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today
announced it is taking action against President Trump’s Executive Order issued to
block undocumented immigrants from taking part in the U.S. Census referred to as
the basis for “Apportionment”.

In signing the order, President Trump said, “I have accordingly determined that
respect for the law and protection of the integrity of the democratic process
warrant the exclusion of illegal aliens from the apportionment base, to the
extent feasible and to the maximum extent of the President's discretion under the
law.”

Domingo Garcia, LULAC National President fired back, “The Executive Order signed
by President Trump today is illegal on its face, unconstitutional and plain dumb.
LULAC condemns and we are taking steps to keep it from being implemented. It is
un-American to deny millions of people living in the United States access to
healthcare, education and even representation since the census is how the number
of congressional delegates are determined.”

In attempting to justify Trump’s action, the Administration states, “Increasing
congressional representation based on the presence of aliens who are not in a
lawful immigration status would also create perverse incentives encouraging
violations of Federal law. States adopting policies that encourage illegal aliens
to enter this country and that hobble Federal efforts to enforce the immigration
laws passed by the Congress should not be rewarded with greater representation in
the House of Representatives."

“This is clearly a desperate attempt engineered by Stephen Miller to create a
massive undercount. President Trump's true motive is to silence our voice, our
representation, and our power. We will not fall prey to White Supremacy led
strategies whose only objective is to suppress immigrants and communities of
color. This is a ploy to shift attention from the failure of this administration
to protect all Americans from Covid19,” added Sindy M. Benavides, LULAC’s
National Chief Executive Officer.

“What President Trump conveniently leaves out is that the hardworking essential
workers he’s targeting are also taxpayers with $1.5 trillion in buying power
benefiting the U.S. economy every year!” says Garcia. “Bottom line, this
Executive Order is playing politics with people’s lives and LULAC will not allow
it,” he added.

# # #

About LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000
councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and
advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of
today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org [ [link removed] ] .







- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


Make sure you receive email from LULAC. Add
[email protected] to your approved senders list.

This email was sent to: [email protected]

Click here to unsubscribe from email sent by LULAC.
[link removed]


Paid for by LULAC ( [link removed] ) and not
authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Contributions or gifts to LULAC are not tax-deductible.

Design by Plus Three [link removed]
Powered by ARCOS [link removed]

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -