Trump Order Does Not Fix Crisis He Started

WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s Executive Order on immigration enforcement:

“Once again, this is a problem of the president’s own making. His administration flagrantly unleashed a cruel policy to tear away immigrant babies and children from their families, and then blamed others. This is the president who once boasted that he alone can solve America’s problems, then claimed his hands were tied as young children were placed behind chain-link fences. Make no mistake: The president crammed our nation’s highest ideals and values into a shredder. He does not get credit for taping them back together.

“Today’s order does not fix the humanitarian crisis that this president created, as the administration will still jail children. The order is also contingent upon a reversal of the Flores agreement, which bars the indefinite detention of immigrant children. Given this administration’s record, it is also clear that there must be adequate oversight on this process to ensure that every child is reunited with their family.”

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.