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Yesterday, our friends at Migration Policy Institute crunched the numbers and posted an excellent Twitter thread, noting that the proclamation could exclude 2/3 of future immigrants. At The Washington Post, Catherine Rampell called Friday’s proclamation a “presidential twofer,” simultaneously sabotaging our health-care and immigration systems.
We’ve also developed the following talking points. We encourage you to lift these up with reporters and through social media.
- Like public charge, the proclamation is another brick in Trump’s invisible wall – along with other policies of hate and exclusion
- Above and beyond the draconian public charge regulation, this harmful policy undermines the country’s health care and family immigration systems
- This isn’t helping hospitals or helping people access health care, it’s about sending a message that if you’re not white and you’re not wealthy, you’re not welcome.
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