{"id":10921,"date":"2016-11-10T09:40:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T17:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/?page_id=10921"},"modified":"2018-06-07T15:41:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T22:41:29","slug":"11-10-16","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/news\/the-torch\/11-10-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Victory Will Not Defeat Immigrants or Constitutional Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tuesday\u2019s election signaled the start of a difficult period for immigrants in the United States. On the campaign trail, President-elect Trump said he would impose many policies that would tear communities apart, including mass deportations and a ban on Muslim immigrants. He made a lot of promises, but campaigning is not governing. In fact, Trump has already backtracked<\/a> on his plan for a mass deportation initiative.<\/p>\n But Trump isn\u2019t president yet. We have two-and-a-half months to make sure communities are prepared for whatever comes next. We strongly believe that his campaign promises would trample upon the civil and constitutional rights of many Americans and aspiring<\/em> Americans, and we\u2019ll use all the legal and political tools at our disposal to prevent the policies he actually enacts from harming our most vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n Trump may have won the election, but he did not erase the U.S. Constitution. One of the first steps you can take to protect your rights is to know<\/em> what they are<\/a>, because the Constitution protects everybody who lives in this country. And \u201ceverybody\u201d includes immigrants who don\u2019t have immigration documents.<\/p>\n We can also unite to stop Trump\u2019s divisive rhetoric from becoming reality. Trump\u2019s election was not a mandate to enact anti-immigrant policies. As the most unpopular president-elect in U.S. history, with the vast majority of U.S. voters still favoring letting immigrants stay, Trump is standing on a weak foundation.<\/p>\n Finally, get involved.<\/em> If you aren\u2019t already, become active in your local community. Local elected leaders are crucial allies when it comes to protecting all of us, even against bad federal policies. NILC is committed to working with immigrant communities to make sure states and localities pass more inclusive laws. Your neighbors and friends know first-hand the contributions refugees and immigrants make to everyone, and we will work hard to make sure those contributions are recognized.<\/p>\n This is not a time to sit on the sidelines, and we cannot let fear paralyze us. Now is the time to build bridges, to unify and strengthen our communities, and to show that immigrants have always been a crucial element of America\u2019s greatness.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1446077129866{margin-top: -15px !important;}”][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”sidebar-1″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row el_class=”holder” css=”.vc_custom_1444345515294{margin-top: -90px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1478799490191{margin-top: -50px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: -15px !important;}”] Trump\u2019s Victory Will Not Defeat Immigrants or Constitutional Rights [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]By Jackie Vimo, NILC economic justice policy analyst NOVEMBER 10, 2016 Tuesday\u2019s election signaled the start of a difficult period for immigrants in the United States. On the campaign trail, President-elect Trump said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":9455,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10921"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17133,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10921\/revisions\/17133"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n