Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This part is called: CREATING A 21ST CENTURY IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
Only one party understands that Immigrants make America stronger. Not only do immigrants support us-immigrants are us. The other party leaves a legacy of cruelty to immigrants.

Out of many, we are one. That bedrock American idea has animated our country from its earliest days, inspiring people from every corner of the earth to participate in our great democratic experiment. 2/17
#DemPartyPlatform #Immigration

The Trump Administration has repudiated that idea and abandoned our values as a diverse, compassionate, and welcoming country. 3/17
#DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

Instead of pursuing a sensible, humane, and responsible approach to immigration that strengthens the United States, the Trump Administration has been callous, cruel, and reckless in the extreme. 4/17 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

President Trump’s immigration policies have made our communities less safe, undermined our economy, and tarnished our image around the world.5/17 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

This Administration’s cruelty and dehumanization of immigrants stretches the imagination and shocks the conscience: 6/17
#DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

The Trump Administration..forcibly separating families and putting children in cages; deporting veterans who have fought to defend our freedoms; conducting militarized raids on our workplaces; 7/17 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

Trump Admin is endangering lives by denying COVID-19 testing & treatment based on immigration status, including to essential workers at the forefront of the pandemic response; banning people from traveling to the United States based on their faith or their country of origin; 8/17

And the Trump Administration has been turning away refugees and asylum seekers fleeing violence and persecution. These actions should not happen in our country again. 9/17 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform #Asylum

#Democrats believe America can do better. Indeed, we must.
The truth is that our immigration system was broken long before President Trump came into office, and his departure alone won’t fix it. 10/17 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

Immigrants are essential to our society and our economy. Immigrants are part of our families. They enrich our culture. They grow our food, care for our loved ones, serve in our armed forces, and provide critical health care services. 11/17 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

Immigrants make America stronger. Not only do immigrants support us—immigrants are us. 12/17
#DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

Our families and our communities, our congregations and our schools, our businesses large and small have been built and sustained through the inclusion of immigrants. 13/17
#DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

That’s why #Democrats commit to building a 21st century immigration system that reflects our values, repairs past harms, heals our communities, rebuilds our economy, and renews our global leadership.14/17 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

#Democrats will rescind President Trump’s fabricated “National Emergency,” which siphons funding away from our men and women in uniform to construct an unnecessary, wasteful, and ineffective wall on the southern border. 15/17 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform #NoBanNoWall

#Democrats will immediately terminate the Trump Administration’s discriminatory travel and immigration bans that disproportionately impact Muslim, Arab, and African people, 16/17 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform #NoBanNoWall

#Democrats will invite those whose visas have been denied under these xenophobic and un-American policies to re-apply to come to the United States. 17/17 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform #NoBanNoWall