A therapist who works with undocumented immigrants says her phone has been ringing off the hook ever since President-elect Donald Trump was declared the winner of the November election.
Muriel Casamayor, a certified therapist who works with immigrants living in the United States both legally and illegally, hears every day from people who are horrified by President Trump's promise to launch the largest deportation program in the country's history. claim that it is. According to Local San Diego outlet KPBS. The president-elect has long promised mass deportation, and Republicans have made it part of their policy. official platform Before the tournament in July. (Related: Democratic mayor says he wants to make Los Angeles a sanctuary city before Trump takes office)
“There's a lot of fear, there's a lot of uncertainty, there's anxiety,” Casamor said, according to KPBS.
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“Express your feelings in a safe space and process them in your community,” he advised undocumented immigrants and others shocked by President Trump's immigration enforcement plans. “Because at the end of the day, that’s the community we have to rely on.”
Trump easily won the election, securing a total of 312 electoral votes, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to also win the popular vote since President George W. Bush was reelected in 2004.
During his campaign, the president-elect made a number of hawkish proposals on immigration, including completing a wall on the southern border, reinstating the Remain in Mexico program and hiring more Border Patrol agents. In addition to calling for “the largest deportation program in American history,” President Trump also promised to end birthright citizenship for people born on American soil to illegal immigrant parents.
The next administration appears poised to pursue tougher policies, given previous immigration enforcement leadership candidates. The White House transition team includes former acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tom Homan as Border Patrol Secretary, Stephen Miller as Chief of Staff for Policy, and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security. was appointed. (DHS).
Immigrant rights activist Adriana Jasso said she hears from children who are worried about their illegal immigrant parents, according to KPBS.
“We did receive calls from children who refused to eat during the day,” Yasso said. “They didn't feel like going to school and were asking their parents, 'What's the point?'
But the incoming Trump administration could take steps to prevent children from being separated from their parents amid a nationwide crackdown. meanwhile interview Days before the election, Homan was asked on “60 Minutes” in October if there was a way to carry out mass deportations without separating families, to which Homan replied: Families may also be deported. ”
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