COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PRESS STATEMENT
BIDEN EXECUTIVE ORDERS BEGIN TO REMAKE, REFORM OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM Orders are a welcome first step to end family separation, draconian asylum measures, and attacks on family immigration LOS ANGELES -- The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), the largest immigrant rights organization in California, expressed support for President Biden's executive orders that aim to rescind family separation, remake asylum processing, and roll back attacks on family immigration.
Please attribute the following statements to Angelica Salas, CHIRLA executive director: "With these orders, President Biden used his executive power to give immigrants something they haven't had in a long time: protection. The previous administration put targets on the backs of immigrants for four years, attacking them in big and little ways, without regard to their contributions, specific need, or even legal status. All immigrants, with and without papers, were fair game. "These executive orders begin the long road back to governance and the transformation of our broken immigration system into one that puts justice for all at the top of the agenda. We will not pretend the process will be easy, and we recognize that these executive orders are first steps. But neither will we go back, ever, to letting ourselves be attacked and neglected as we have been. "We look forward to working diligently to realize these changes that cannot come too soon. We now have reason the systemic reform we have longed for will finally come to pass. We are ready for it." |