Immigrant Communities Hold Mayoral Candidates Accountable: Real Leaders Do not Hide
ALBUQUERQUE, NM- The following is a statement from Marian J. Mendez-Cera, community organizer from El CENTRO de Igualdad y Derechos regarding the 2017 #RealTalk Mayoral Candidates Forum.
“Trump’s executive orders aim to turn away refugees who have fled violence and persecution, grow the for-profit private prison industry on the backs of hard-working immigrants families, ban people from Muslim majority nations, attempt to expand Draconian enforcement programs that use local criminal justice systems, trample on our due process and constitutional rights and conduct raids in our communities that target some, sweep up many, and terrorize all. In the wake of these executive orders, real leaders cannot hide-- they must rise up to defend our communities.