Subject: Hillary Clinton and Prominent Leaders Denounce Donald Trump's Plans to Deport Families
From: Hillary For America Press <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 23:59:07 -0400
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*Hillary Clinton and Prominent Leaders Denounce Donald Trump's Plans to
Deport Families*

In East Los Angeles today, Hillary Clinton denounced Donald Trump for
doubling down on his plans to deport millions of immigrant families. During
her remarks, she said that we "not only have to work for comprehensive
immigration reform, we have to recognize that the kind of language coming
from Donald Trump is hateful, and we need to repudiate it. "

A number of prominent organizations and leaders from across the country
joined Clinton today in calling out Trump for his plans to tear families
apart and for dividing the nation:

*Congressman Luis Gutierrez: *“Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is a bully…In
the face of a candidate that leads with insults and bigotry, we must turn
Trump’s divisive rhetoric into actions and stand by Hillary Clinton. That’s
how you deal with bullies and bigots. From Latinos to Muslims to all
immigrants across this nation — Hillary Clinton will fight to break down
barriers for everyone. That’s what she’s done all her life, and that’s what
she’ll do as president.”

*Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez: *“Last night in a sit down interview with
NBC nightly news, Donald Trump doubled down on his pledge to deport
millions of immigrant families and ban Muslims from entering the United
States. This should come as no surprise, considering that Trump has
compared Mexicans to “rapists” and “criminals,” and has blamed all Muslims
for acts of terrorism...There is too much at stake in this election:
Trump’s divisive rhetoric and extreme temperament would take America down a
dangerous path."

*Congressman Xavier Becerra: *"It's becoming clear what Donald Trump would
do to America if elected President. Yesterday he doubled down on his
rhetoric of division and fear-mongering. He wants to tear apart millions of
hardworking families. He would violate the Constitution by imposing a
religious test on those who wish to live in this country. Trump chose to
double down on racist rhetoric and said that he would enforce mass
deportation."

*Congressman Ruben Gallego*: “Last night, Donald Trump gave us a gist of
the America he aims to create: one where hatred and intolerance prevail
over equality and unity…In his America, demagogues like him would be
allowed to demonize communities of hardworking immigrants and bully their
way into dividing our nation. We simply cannot afford that…we need a leader
like Hillary Clinton to stand up to Donald Trump’s recklessness and
continue building ladders of opportunities for our communities."

*Latino Victory Fund:* "Unfortunately, rather than recognizing the
importance of our community, Donald Trump is doubling down on his racist,
anti-immigrant, anti-Latino and anti-Mexican rhetoric. We cannot allow
politicians like Trump to demonize our community and threaten the essence
of this diverse and welcoming country. We are under attack, and just like
Mexicans fought in 1862 to protect their loved ones and their land, we must
now fight back with our voice and our vote."

*Hispanic Federation
<http://hispanicfederation.org/media/press_releases/statement_of_the_hispanic_federation_regarding_republican_presidential_candidate_donald_trumps_proposals/>*
: “Just yesterday, he doubled down on his political grandstanding by saying
that within the first 100 days of his administration that the wall with
Mexico would be designed and the immigration ban on Muslims would be in
place. If Mr. Trump wishes to be taken seriously by Latino and other
voters, he must reconsider these views and present serious policy proposals.
”

*Senator Barbara Boxer @BarbaraBoxer
<https://twitter.com/BarbaraBoxer/status/728304442638995456>:* “Trump
doubles down on deportations while conservative think tank says his plan is
a clear recipe for recession: reut.rs/1VL2HUL <https://t.co/ZYQR3ipn1L>”

*Congressman Xavier Becerra @XavierBecerra
<https://twitter.com/XavierBecerra/status/728304649447464960>*: “
@HillaryClinton <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/> would work as
President to keep families together. But #DonaldTrump
<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DonaldTrump>?”

*Senator Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT
<https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/728333338310782976>:* “What's
worse than Donald Trump's taco bowl tweet? His #immigration
<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23immigration> policy.”

*Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood CEO, @CecileRichards
<https://twitter.com/CecileRichards/status/728316283788398592>*: It's easy
to joke about this. It's harder to tackle the rampant racism fueling
Trump's campaign. We have work to do.

*Senator Al Franken* *@alfranken
<https://twitter.com/alfranken/status/728338908086472704>*: “This same man
has called Mexican immigrants "rapists" and wants to tear families apart.”

*Senator Bob Menendez **@Menendez4NJ*
<https://twitter.com/Menendez4NJ/status/728350240810643456>*: *“As a son of
immigrants,I take these xenophobic attacks seriously.Let's keep families
united & prove LOVE trumps HATE”

*Senator Martin Heinrich *posted
<https://www.facebook.com/VoteMartinHeinrich/>: "Watch this new ad on
Trump's plan to tear immigrant families apart. Most Americans, ranging from
immigration advocates to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, support the
comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform effort. Trump's only focus is
deportation."

*Kenny Hamilton*, *Entertainer, **@KennyHamilton*
<https://twitter.com/KennyHamilton/status/728246400568287234>: “I think
this says it all! amp.twimg.com/v/85d61190-d75… #ImWithHer #HillaryClinton”

*The transcript of Clinton's remarks, as delivered, is below: *

"Hello!  Hello, East L.A.!  I am so happy to be here.  I want to thank
Yamalix (ph), who just introduced me.  Didn’t she do an amazing job?
(Cheers.)  I also want to thank the elected officials who are here.  We’ve
got a great turnout – Congresswoman Judy Chu, Congressman Xavier Becerra,
L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis, California State Senate President Pro
Tem Kevin de León, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and the president of
East L.A. College, Marvin Martinez.

(Cheers.)  You know, I got to start by saying on Cinco de Mayo I can’t
think of a better place to be than right here.  (Cheers.)   We’re here
because we all believe that we need to and we can and we must break down
all the barriers that hold our people back.  And we are going to do that
together because we should all rise together and share in the promise of
America.  And the stakes in this election have never been higher.  Right?

Our next president has to meet three tests:  Can you actually help families
get ahead and stay ahead?  Can you keep us safe?  And can you bring our
country together?  Well, Donald Trump fails all three of those tests.
(Booing.)  With all the challenges we face in America and in the world, we
can’t have a loose cannon in the Oval Office.  (Cheers.)  That is a risk we
cannot afford.

Now, as president, creating good jobs and raising incomes will be my number
one priority.  (Cheers.)  And we will follow the lead of California and
raise the minimum wage across America.  (Cheers.)  And we will guarantee
equal pay for women’s work.  (Cheers.)  I think that’s way overdue.  How
about you?  (Cheers.)  And we’re going to also follow California’s lead and
make sure we have paid family leave for working families.  (Cheers.)  I
will do everything I can to make the economy work for everybody, to help
more people lift themselves out of poverty, lift themselves into the middle
class, and go as far as their hard work and talents will take them.

I will also fight to make sure that every child has a good school and a
good teacher, no matter where that child lives.  (Cheers.)  And we are
going to fight for comprehensive immigration reform with a path to
citizenship.  (Cheers.)  I will fight for that reform, but the first thing
I will do is to preserve DACA and DAPA.  (Cheers.)  We’re going to end
raids and roundups.  We’re going to keep families together.  (Cheers.)  We
know we’ve got work to do, but I think winning the election will really set
that in motion.  Don’t you?  (Cheers.)

We also not only have to work for comprehensive immigration reform, we have
to recognize that the kind of language coming from Donald Trump is hateful,
and we need to repudiate it.  (Cheers.)  Now, every election is a choice,
and just yesterday, Donald Trump doubled down on his plan to create a
deportation force to round up millions of people.  That’s actually what he
said.  (Booing.)  He has pledged in his first days in office to scrap DACA
and DAPA and to finalize a design for a giant wall on the border.
(Booing.)  Well, the best way to prevent that from happening is to make
sure he never gets near the White House.  (Cheers.)

Now, I am absolutely committed to doing this, and I need your help.  We
have a primary here in California.  (Cheers.)  I need everybody to get
focused and work hard and talk to your friends, your neighbors, your
families.  We have to turn out a big vote on June the 7th.  (Cheers.)  And
in fact, starting next week you can vote by mail.  (Cheers.)  You can vote
by going down to the City Hall or the county house and saying you want to
vote.  So we have to get everybody.  There are no excuses.  We’ve got to
get everybody to vote.  (Cheers.)

And I hope you will tell people their futures are at stake.  I cannot
imagine a starker choice.  On the economy, I mean, honestly, Donald Trump
actually says that wages are too high in America.  (Booing.)  I have no
idea who he’s talking to.  Do you?  He says we shouldn’t raise the minimum
wage.  (Booing.)  I’d like to see him live on $7.25 an hour!  (Cheers.)

I am proud to be campaigning in California, and I am proud to have the
support of so many unions, including the United Farm Workers.  (Cheers and
chanting.)  I think this crowd is ready, aren’t you?  (Cheers and
applause.)  But I can’t do it without you.  That’s why when you leave here
you’ve got to keep working to reach out to as many people as you can.  I
want you to go to HillaryClinton.com and join this campaign.  (Cheers and
applause.)  We are competing for every vote in every state, but
particularly here in California because I know that winning big in
California will put us on the path to winning big in November.  (Cheers and
applause.)

Now, you know, somebody asked me the other day, somebody said, “Well, why
are you so pro-immigration?  Why are you so focused on making sure that we
take care of the families that are here in our country and the people who
have worked so hard?”  And there is really two reasons that I want to tell
you.  One, because it’s right, and it’s what we do as Americans.  (Cheers
and applause.)  We are a nation of immigrants, and I am proud of it.
(Cheers and applause.)

We are stronger together, and our diversity is one of our strengths.
(Applause.)  So when people condemn or scapegoat or criticize or demagogue
about immigrants, I wonder, where are they living?  (Laughter.)  What do
they know about how we have built this country?  We are a great country in
part because we are a nation of immigrants.  (Cheers and applause.)

But there’s another more personal reason.  When I was about 11 or 12 years
old, I was asked by my church outside of Chicago to volunteer to babysit on
Saturday mornings because we had so many migrant farm workers in the fields
around Chicago.  If you go to Chicago now, you can’t imagine that.  But
when I was growing up, there were so many farms.  They’re all developed
now, you’ve got a huge airport, but not in those days.

And so every Saturday the parents and the aunts and the uncles would take
the older children to the fields and leave the younger children there, and
they needed babysitters.  So I said, “Yeah, absolutely.”  And my mother
drove me and another girl out there to the camp where the families were
living.  They came out of Mexico, they came up through Texas, they came up
through the Midwest, they came into the Chicago area, they went up to
Michigan.  Then, when they finished the harvest, they stayed or they went
home.  (Cheers and applause.)

And, you know, when people think about that, I want them to think that they
were working hard to make a good living for their families.  (Cheers and
applause.)  Just like they are today working hard to make a good living.
(Cheers and applause.)  And I think it’s time we treated everybody in this
country with respect, with kindness, with love.  (Cheers and applause.)
And I also think we’d be a lot better off if we actually talked to each
other instead of yelling at each other.  (Cheers and applause.)   Let the
other side do the yelling.  We’re going to be talking and rolling up our
sleeves and getting to work, because it’s not enough to diagnose the
problem, we need to solve the problems.  (Cheers and applause.)

So you are great to be here with me today.  I love the enthusiasm and the
energy.  (Cheers and applause.)  Let’s keep that going through June 7th.
(Cheers and applause.)  And then after a few days off let’s get geared up
again and go to the election in November.  (Cheers and applause.)  Are you
ready, East LA?  (Cheers and applause.)  Let’s have a great election.
Let’s shape the future we want for ourselves, our children, and our
grandchildren.  Thank you, all, and God bless you.  (Cheers and applause.)"

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For Immediate Release, May 5, 2016
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