California Senate Leader: Trump Law Enforcement Policy Based on “principles of white supremacy “
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, “It has become abundantly clear that Atty. Gen. [Jeff] Sessions and the Trump administration are basing their law enforcement policies on principles of white supremacy — not American values,” Senate leader Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) said in a statement. “Their constant and systematic targeting of diverse cities and states goes beyond constitutional norms and will be challenged at every level.” For a brief history of white supremacy in the United States, and its modern incarnation, see this post on Salon by Anis Shivani.
de León was responding to the Justice Department‘s latest threat to defund “sanctuary cities.”
In the last several years, Latinos have constituted over 95% of the noncitizens removed from the United States, which is significantly higher than their percentage of the immigrant population. Click here for an explanation.
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