Vanessa Cárdenas Reaction and Key Resources For Unpacking Immigration Parts of Trump’s Speech

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Washington, DC – In response to Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress last night, America’s Voice issued the following statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: 

“As we predicted, every sentence Donald Trump said about immigrants last night included a noun, a verb, and an ugly lie on immigration. His anti-immigrant obsessions, fully embraced by Republicans in Congress, come at a high cost for all Americans.

Trump and his allies in Congress are willing to gut Medicaid, force our most vulnerable citizens out of food assistance, devastate our economy, and divert DHS resources away from going after fentanyl traffickers all to pay for his obsession with mass deportations.

Last night, Trump reiterated his plans for mass deportations, yet failed to admit they will keep targeting long-settled and deeply rooted immigrant contributors, not the ‘worst of the worst’ as promised. Meanwhile, he claimed victory on the border without acknowledging the declining monthly border numbers are merely continuing the trendline from the last six months of the Biden Administration. And from ‘invasion’ assertions to blaming migrants for fentanyl, he dusted off his favorite lies to scapegoat immigrants, stoke fear and justify his harmful, cruel, and chaotic policy agenda.”

Yesterday, America’s Voice issued a pre-speech cheat sheet and fact sheet that previewed a host of immigration subjects Trump and Republicans discuss and related resources, facts and context you need to know. The fact sheet is particularly relevant after the speech as well. See “Pre-Joint Address Cheat Sheet – If President Trump Says the Following on Immigration…”

Also read:

• Read the America’s Voice assessment, “Three Key Immigration Points Ahead of Trump’s Tuesday Speech” 
• Read about the new America’s Voice “At What Cost” campaign and visit the accompanying website, highlighting how Trump and Congressional Republicans’ plans for unsparing mass deportations are funded by cuts to Medicaid and de-prioritization of real public safety threats

Read the new Substack from America’s Voice Research Associate Yuna Oh, “Want to Know What Trump Will Say Tonight? Follow the Stench from CPAC”