In response to reports that the Obama Administration is planning raids and deportation of Central American refugees, Michelle Tremillo, managing director of the Texas Organizing Project, made the following statement:
“It is disheartening to hear that the Obama Administration plans to continue these senseless and destructive raids and deportations of vulnerable people.
“There is no justification for taking this course of action. Simply none.
“The mothers and children being targeted by the Obama Administration came to the U.S. fleeing rampant crime and crippling poverty. To further traumatize them with raids and send them back to one of the most dangerous corners of the world is unconscionable and heartless. These mothers and children should be welcomed as refugees.
“We urge the Obama Administration to drop the raids and stop the deportations of Central American refugees immediately.
“This is not who we are as a country. And it shouldn’t be.”