Donald Trump continues to profile and show a dangerous disrespect towards Latinos, immigrants and refugees, often referring to them as criminals, rapists, drug dealers, bad hombres and thugs. His immigration ban and plan to “build a wall” bordering the United States and Mexico that is expected cost Americans over $21 billion, among other radical actions during his first month in office, has the majority of Americans, and people around the world outraged and protesting in the streets.
On Monday, supporters from 12 cities across Wisconsin traveled to Milwaukee to participate in the Day Without Latinos, Immigrants and Refugee march.
The demonstration was organized by Hispanic advocacy group Voices de la Frontera. One of the main protests of the march is against Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and his plan enroll his deputies to act as immigration agents. Think Progress reports:
The march comes days after ICE agents conducted mass raids across the country, arresting hundreds of immigrants between Monday and Friday. Approximately 600 immigrants were rounded up in 11 states, according to the New York Times. People were taken from their homes and places of work.
On Sunday, President Donald Trump tweeted that the targets were “illegal criminals,” including “gang members” and “drug dealers.” But some of the detainees weren’t specifically targeted by the Department of Homeland Security, immigration advocates said. Some were “collateral” detainees who didn’t have criminal histories but were discovered to be undocumented during the sweeps.
In an demeaning and sarcastic statement via Facebook, Sheriff Clarke chose these words in reference to the march:
"Please accept my regrets. I will be working with agents from immigration and customs enforcement helping them identify criminal illegal aliens and therefore cannot attend your rally being held for me."
Clark has several Facebook pages dedicated to him by right wing extremists, but his official Twitter page tells it all. Here are two recent samples of his own hate mongering tweets:
Another abhorrent POS from Trump’s deplorable America. Clarke and his ilk will eventually be stopped and removed from their positions of power.
To learn more about Voices de la Frontera and the good work they do, click here.
Here’s to the Resistance — We are the Resistance.