Thread by @splcenter

Our tax dollars should be invested in education, housing, prison alternatives and health care programs that provide opportunity and increased well-being for all - not in the Trump administration's anti-immigrant and racist policies. #DefundHate #SOTU

The Trump administration continues to promote discrimination against immigrants, people of color, the LGBTQ community, and Muslims. #DefundHate #SOTU #SOTU2020

The Trump administration is ripping apart health care and nutrition programs for low-income people. #DefundHate #SOTU #SOTU2020

Under the Trump administration, our criminal justice system continues to destroy the lives of people of color and millions struggle to feed their families as the rich get more tax cuts. #SOTU #SOTU2020

The U.S. is the incarceration capital of the world. Our criminal justice system is marred by vast racial disparities, stigmatizing and targeting young black men for arrest, unfairly punishing communities of color, burdening taxpayers and exacting a tremendous social cost. #SOTU

In spite of criminal justice reform, Trump has stacked the federal courts with judges who are poised to trample on the rights of Black and brown people. #SOTU #SOTU2020

Trump claims the lowest unemployment rates for African Americans in US history. @USDOL statistics are based on the number of people engaged in job searches with the dept. How many people have lost confidence in this administration that they are not engaging in that process? #SOTU

@USDOL While our nation’s challenges have evolved since the #civilrightsmovement, the fundamental problems of racial, social and economic injustice remain. #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate

President Trump continues to pour fuel on the growing flames of hate in our country. He is feeding the grievances of white nationalists by using words that dehumanize and vilify people of color. #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate

All students deserve access to high-quality education in safe, welcoming & inclusive learning environments. Public funds should not be funneled into schools that discriminate against LGBTQ students, students w/ disabilities & students of color. #SOTU #PFPS splcenter.org/presscenter/sp…

We are fighting to keep the Trump administration from enforcing work requirements on recipients of #Medicaid. #SOTU #SOTU2020

Stop criminalizing children and families who have come to this country in search of protection. The Trump administration's anti-immigrant policies are undermining and upending our laws by separating families and putting thousands of children and families behind bars. #SOTU

What the Trump administration has actually been doing is shredding our #asylum system. They have enacted policy after policy aimed at eviscerating the legal rights of people seeking asylum and created a humanitarian crisis: splcenter.org/our-issues/imm…

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There is a CRISIS at our border and it has been manufactured by this President and his administration who is intent on creating the harshest conditions possible for those seeking #asylum in the U.S. #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate #SaveAsylum #RestoreAsylumNow

"[The #RemainInMexico] policy has hidden this U.S. government-created humanitarian crisis from the sight of the American public." - SPLC's Melissa Crow #SaveAsylum #RestoreAsylumNow #SOTU #SOTU2020

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Rush Limbaugh has provided a platform to a host of anti-LGBT, anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant hate groups and promoted white nationalism. #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016…

Awarding Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Congressional #MedalOfFreedom cheapens the sacrifice of those who have fought - and continue to fight - to unite our country. He has divided it with hateful rhetoric and fear mongering. #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate

Trump has ignored the extraordinary high rates of infant and maternal mortality among women of color. Will this $50 million in research address this vital issue? #SOTU #SOTU2020

Laws against sanctuary cities make citizens LESS safe by targeting members of our communities. They undermine public safety, requiring local law enforcement to spend less time & resources fighting crime. We are suing to stop such a law in #Florida. #SOTU
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Trust between local law enforcement & communities is central to public safety. When state and local law enforcement are entangled with federal immigration enforcement, immigrants are fearful of approaching police when they are victims of, and witnesses to, crimes. #SOTU #SOTU2020

Laws against sanctuary cities stop immigrant community members from cooperating with police, seeking basic health services, or even attending school. We are suing to stop just such a law in #Florida. #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate

Sanctuary city policies don’t give immigrants special protections. They ensure immigrants have basic constitutional rights that can’t be trampled on, and focus law enforcement resources on protecting local communities instead of on jailing families and separating children. #SOTU

Tens of thousands of immigrants – many of them fleeing violence and persecution – have been stranded just across the border, often in squalid and dangerous conditions. We are challenging Trump's anti-immigrant policies in court. #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate #SaveAsylum

The Trump administration has enacted many anti-immigrant policies in the Trump administration’s war on #asylum. We’re suing to challenge these policies. #SaveAsylum #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate

The architect of the Trump administration's anti-immigrant policies is #StephenMiller — an aide who promotes white nationalist content, has praised the racist Immigration Act of 1924 and has ties to hate groups. #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate
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#StephenMiller, the architect of the Trump administration's anti-immigrant policies, has ties to hate groups, including those advocating for a more restrictive "public charge" rule. #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018…

180 federal judges have been confirmed by Trump for lifetime appointments. We must mobilize to prevent any future appointments of unqualified, politically biased jurists. Our nation's future depends on it! #SOTU #SOTU2020

Trump has embraced far-right extremists like no other president in modern history, and he has mainstreamed fringe conspiracy theories that poison our democracy and animate a dangerous terrorist movement. He is normalizing hate as a political weapon. #SOTU #SOTU2020

It’s time for the Trump administration to take the rise in hate violence seriously and devote the necessary resources to begin addressing domestic terrorism and hate in our country. #SOTU #SOTU2020 #DefundHate splcenter.org/news/2020/01/1…

We will continue to challenge the Trump administration's discriminatory policies as we fight hate and bigotry and seek justice for all. #SOTU #SOTU2020