\u201cThe DHS memos outline the reckless steps this Administration will take to fulfill the President\u2019s campaign promise of dragnet mass deportations. The administration attempts to disguise this xenophobic and bigoted policy as a security tactic. If the Administration were actually concerned about improving public safety in our nation, it would return to immigration enforcement priorities that focus on truly violent and serious criminals. Furthermore, dragnet enforcement is an inefficient use of scarce resources that will unnecessarily rip law-abiding families apart and destabilize entire communities as well as our economy. This policy not only runs counter to our nation\u2019s core values of acceptance and the rule of law but it will also make the nation less safe. From criminalizing all immigrants to militarizing our neighborhoods and abandoning unaccompanied minors\u2014the Administration is taking our country down a very dangerous path. As I reiterated last week during my State of the City address\u2014New York City will not be a pawn in that game. We will continue to do everything in our power to defend and protect the rights and safety our immigrant community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Statement translated into Spanish below:<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cLos memos del DHS detallan los pasos irresponsables que la administraci\u00f3n tomar\u00e1 para cumplir la promesa del presidente de efectuar una deportaci\u00f3n masiva. La administraci\u00f3n est\u00e1 intentando camuflar esta xenofobia pas\u00e1ndolas como medidas de seguridad. Si la administraci\u00f3n realmente estuviese preocupada de mejorar la seguridad de nuestra naci\u00f3n, volver\u00eda a las pol\u00edticas de deportaci\u00f3n enfocadas en individuales con antecedentes realmente violentos o criminales. Fuera que estas pol\u00edticas usan nuestros recursos limitados de manera ineficiente, tambi\u00e9n dividir\u00e1n a millones de familias y crear\u00e1n inestabilidad en nuestras comunidades y econom\u00eda. Estas pol\u00edticas no solo van en contra de la ley y de nuestros valores fundamentales de tolerancia, pero tambi\u00e9n promueven inseguridad en nuestro pa\u00eds. Desde criminalizar a todos los inmigrantes hasta militarizar nuestros vecindarios y abandonar a los menores no acompa\u00f1ados\u2014la administraci\u00f3n est\u00e1 llevando a nuestro pa\u00eds por un camino muy peligroso. Como reiter\u00e9 la semana pasada durante mi discurso del \u201cEstado de la Ciudad\u201d\u2014la ciudad de Nueva York no ser\u00e1 una ficha en ese juego. Continuaremos haciendo todo lo posible bajo nuestro poder para defender y proteger los derechos y seguridad de nuestra comunidad de inmigrantes\u201d.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThe DHS memos outline the reckless steps this Administration will take to fulfill the President\u2019s campaign promise of dragnet mass deportations. The administration attempts to disguise this xenophobic and bigoted policy as a security tactic. If the Administration were actually concerned about improving public safety in our nation, it would return to immigration enforcement priorities that focus on truly violent and serious criminals.<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n