{"id":1721,"date":"2017-08-02T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/02\/tom-perez-on-republican-immigration-bill-announcement\/"},"modified":"2017-08-02T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T16:45:00","slug":"tom-perez-on-republican-immigration-bill-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/tom-perez-on-republican-immigration-bill-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Perez on Republican Immigration Bill Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Following the announcement that President Trump will join two Senate Republicans in pushing for a immigration bill that would cut legal immigration by half in the next decade, DNC Chair Tom Perez, released the following statement: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump and Mike Pence keep pushing their anti-immigrant agenda, and now they&rsquo;re seeking to deny millions the American Dream by dramatically cutting legal immigration and limiting family reunification. Instead of catching criminals, Trump wants to tear apart communities and punish immigrant families that are making valuable contributions to our economy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s not what America stands for. We need comprehensive immigration reform that tackles the real issues with our immigration system and reflects the views of the vast majority of Americans who favor a legal path to citizenship for those already in our country. But this bill isn&rsquo;t just an affront to our values, it&rsquo;s also a threat to our economy. Study after study has shown that punishing immigrant families and curbing immigration would only stifle America&rsquo;s economic growth and limit our nation&rsquo;s potential. That means a less prosperous economy for all Americans. Democrats believe our diversity is our biggest strength, and we will continue to stand with the immigrant communities that enrich our country every day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Tom P&eacute;rez acerca de nueva versi&oacute;n del proyecto republicano de inmigraci&oacute;n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Tras el anuncio de que el presidente Trump apoya el proyecto de inmigraci&oacute;n presentado por dos republicanos del Senado, el cual reducir&iacute;a la inmigraci&oacute;n legal a la mitad en la pr&oacute;xima d&eacute;cada, el Presidente del Comit&eacute; Nacional Dem&oacute;crata, Tom P&eacute;rez, realiz&oacute; las siguientes declaraciones:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Donald Trump y Mike Pence siguen presionando su agenda anti-inmigrante y ahora est&aacute;n tratando de negar a millones el Sue&ntilde;o Americano al buscar reducir dram&aacute;ticamente la inmigraci&oacute;n legal y limitando la reunificaci&oacute;n familiar. En lugar de ir tras criminales, Trump quiere destruir comunidades y castigar a familias inmigrantes que est&aacute;n haciendo valiosas contribuciones a nuestra econom&iacute;a.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eso no es lo que Estados Unidos representa. Necesitamos una reforma migratoria integral que aborde los problemas reales de nuestro sistema de inmigraci&oacute;n y refleje la opini&oacute;n de la gran mayor&iacute;a de los estadounidenses que favorecen una legalizaci&oacute;n con camino a la ciudadan&iacute;a para aquellos que ya est&aacute;n en el pa&iacute;s. El proyecto de ley que quieren impulsar los republicanos no s&oacute;lo es una afrenta a nuestros valores, es tambi&eacute;n una amenaza para nuestra econom&iacute;a. Estudio tras estudio demuestra que castigar a las familias inmigrantes y limitar la inmigraci&oacute;n s&oacute;lo perjudicar&iacute;a el crecimiento econ&oacute;mico y el potencial de nuestra naci&oacute;n. Eso significa una econom&iacute;a menos pr&oacute;spera para todos los estadounidenses. Los dem&oacute;cratas creemos que nuestra diversidad es nuestra mayor fortaleza y seguiremos apoyando a las comunidades de inmigrantes que enriquecen nuestro pa&iacute;s cada d&iacute;a.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the announcement that President Trump will join two Senate Republicans in pushing for a immigration bill that would cut legal immigration by half in the next decade, DNC Chair Tom Perez, released the following statement: &ldquo;Donald Trump and Mike Pence keep pushing their anti-immigrant agenda, and now they&rsquo;re seeking to deny millions the American <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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