Washington, DC — The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice:
“The Trump Administration and their allies in Congress are going back to their repulsive yet tried-and-true tactic of scapegoating immigrants to distract from the fact that their policies are taking away Americans’ healthcare and damaging our economy. Their mass deportation crusade is endangering the economic security of all Americans – driving up the price of groceries, harming key industries like agriculture and construction, and undermining public safety, including by diverting money and manpower away from real threats and disaster preparedness and toward cruel and unaccountable mass deportations.
Even with a pending government shutdown and their massive healthcare cuts, the $170 billion mass deportation infrastructure is protected, while essential services that American families and communities rely on will get suspended.
Their priorities are as clear as they are harmful and misguided: blame immigrants and pursue mass deportation above all else.”
Key Resources:
- Debunking Lies About Undocumented Immigrants’ Access to Healthcare:
- FactCheck.org, “A False Claim About Illegal Immigration and Medicaid”
- New York Times article, “Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown”.
- How Mass Deportation is Harming Americans’ Economic Security:
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- CNN, “Trump’s tariffs, deportations and climate change are making groceries more expensive”
- Axios, “Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Stunt His Blockbuster Economic Aims”
- Politico, “‘The whole thing is screwed up’: Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers”
- Watch a recent virtual event convened by America’s Voice on mass deportation’s costs to key American industries and their workforce. Read the post event release here
