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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 18, 2024
REVERE, MA -- Revere City Councillor, Juan Pablo Jaramillo, a formerly undocumented immigrant, says he will fight tooth and nail to protect immigrant families being threatened by President-elect Donald Trump's plans to use the United States Military to mass deport immigrants in the country.
On Sunday, November 17th, President-elect Donald Trump confirmed in his Truth Social Account that he would declare a national state of emergency for his mass deportation program. Trump's "border czar", Tom Homan, said he would be expelling criminals but also did not rule out deporting families together according to ABC News.
A study by the United States Department of Justice of immigration in Texas, for example notes that amongst Undocumented Immigrants, U.S. Born Citizens, and Documented Immigrants, Undocumented immigrants commited 400 crimes per 100,000 (less than 1%) compared to 800 crimes per 100,000 (about 1%) for documented immigrants and 1,100 crimes per 100,000 for U.S. Born Citizens (more than 1%). This trend is identical to the commission of violent crimes by the 3 groups, where U.S. Born Citizens commit more than double the amount of violent crimes compared to Undocumented Immigrants and 30% more violent crimes than Documented Immigrants.
"Donald Trump cannot offer economic alternatives for working families that don't include giving his billionaire buddies tax breaks and placing tariffs for working class Americans to pay. He will scapegoat immigrants for his failure to lead and his boring ideas. Revere is a city built by and for immigrants from all corners of the world. We pride our selves in having a bustling and thriving city that acknowledges the contributions of Italian and Irish immigrants that helped build our city and values the hard work of our new immigrant population," said Councillor Jaramillo. He added "the research does not support Trump's claim that immigrants are some sort of "blood-thirsty people", the only "blood thirsty people" here are cruel rich boys who have never had dirt under their nails and were born on silver platters like Donald Trump and would use the U.S. military against the American people."
The use of the United States Armed Forces against civilians has been used during times of war when the military was used againts civilians to forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerate over 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II. Even as it was during war, this use of the U.S Military against civilian Japanese-Americans up-ended the lives of Americans from all walks of life and has long been regarded one of the darkest stains in American History.
Councillor Jaramillo welcomed Governor Healey's statement that she will not cooperate with mass deportation and urges Mayor Keefe and mayors and council collegaues in Revere and across Massachusetts to protect working class communities from Trump's dictatorial vices adding that “that many of us immigrated to the U.S. fleeing fascist dictatorships in our countries, we cannot accept them in our new home.”
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