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Tell Congress:
Condemn Administration Actions and Rhetoric Attacking Migrants
In recent days, since the National Guard Shootings in DC, the Administration has launched a series of increasingly sweeping and cruel attacks against migrants. While all people of good will and peaceful expression are appalled at the shootings of two National Guardsmen in Washington, DC, the federal government’s leaders have gone far beyond seeking justice in that case and used it as a springboard to broad-ranging attempts to demonize and punish hundreds of thousands of migrants who have no connection to the shooting. Most are here legally and trying to work and raise families.
The exact shape of the Administration’s actions is hard to determine, given the often vague and vituperative language. Still, the deeply troubling tenor of them is clear: the President claimed he will:
- Permanently pause migration from all third-world countries;
- End all federal benefits and subsidies to non-citizens;
- Denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility;
- Deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization; and
- Remove “anyone who is not a net asset to the United States.”
The federal government in the last few days has already:
- Indefinitely suspended processing of immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals;
- Announced a review of all asylum cases approved under the Biden administration; and
- Directed a “full scale, rigorous re-examination of every green card for every alien from every country of concern.”
Take action against these outrageous attacks and harmful threats by asking your elected member of Congress to denounce them and prevent the threatened actions.
The President’s language in discussing migrants, already hateful and unfounded, has been even more shocking of late in its broad, almost ludicrous characterization of the supposed impacts of thousands of our neighbors:
- He said “This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.” [sic].
- He attacked “the horrendous airlift from Afghanistan,” falsely claiming that “[h]undreds of thousands of people poured into our Country totally unvetted and unchecked,” ignoring the rigorous, lengthy examination given to the records of all of our allies escaping clear threats from the Taliban.
- He added to his Thanksgiving message a false claim that most immigrants are “from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels,” and that they are supported extravagantly by taxes paid by US citizens.
Sources:
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Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting (Guardian)
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Letters from an American, Substack, Heather Cox Richardson, April 28, 2025
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US halts all asylum claim decisions after National Guard shooting, BBC
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Accused National Guard attacker faces US murder charge, Trump wants to halt 'Third World' migration, Reuters
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An emboldened Trump escalates his anti-immigration crackdown after National Guard shooting, CNN
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Trump sharpens focus on legal immigration after National Guard shooting, Reuters
UU Grounding
As of General Assembly 2024, as Unitarian Universalists, we have agreed to “adopt new language on core religious values.” We agree love is the power that holds us together and is at the center of our shared values. The values we share include all the following, which we hold as inseparable and deeply interconnected: Interdependence, Pluralism, Justice, Transformation, Generosity, and Equity. (Read more on the Article II revision process.)
With these agreed core religious values in mind, we also ground our call for action in support of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the following Unitarian Universalist Statements of Conscience and Actions of Immediate Witness:
- Protect the Dreamers, the Recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) with a Pathway to Permanent Residence, 2023 Action of Immediate Witness
- Undoing Systemic White Supremacy: A Call to Prophetic Action, 2021 Statement of Conscience
- Protect the Rights of Immigrants and Asylum Seekers, 2019 Action of Immediate Witness
- End Family Separation and Detention of Asylum Seekers and Abolish ICE, 2018 Action of Immediate Witness
- Build Solidarity with our Muslim Neighbors, 2016 Action of Immediate Witness
- End Immigrant Child and Family Detention Now, 2015 Action of Immediate Witness
- Immigration as a Moral Issue, 2013 Statement of Conscience
Tell Congress:
Condemn Administration Actions and Rhetoric Attacking Migrants
Since the National Guard Shootings in DC, the Administration has launched a series of increasingly sweeping and cruel attacks against migrants.
The federal government’s leaders have used this tragedy as a springboard to broad-ranging attempts to demonize and punish hundreds of thousands of migrants who have no connection to the shooting. Most are here legally and trying to work and raise families.
The President's tone and tenor have been deeply troubling on the matter, defined by outrageous attacks and harmful threats.
Take action by asking your elected member of Congress to denounce the statements and prevent the threatened actions.
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