Trump Says America, ACLU Complains
Finds America too "divisive."
1.31.2018
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You would think the President of the United States of America saying the word "America" would be the least controversial aspect of any State of the Union address, but not to the American Civil Liberties Union.
The ACLU issued a statement after President Donald Trump's speech on Tuesday night, a speech that was noted for its bipartisan nature. But to the ACLU, saying "America" was a triggering moment, it seems.
"Tonight, President Trump said the word ‘America’ more than 80 times in his speech. Yet, after a divisive first year, we hear and feel how exclusionary that ‘America’ is, with policies that have harmed so many vulnerable American communities," said the statement from ACLU national political director Faiz Shakir.
For anyone who doubts the leftist tilt of the ACLU, a review of Shakir's resume will show in which direction their politics lean. Before joining the group that claims to simply stand for individual liberties under the Constitution, Shakir was a top aide to Democratic Senator Harry Reid.
Prior to joining Reid's office he worked for Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and before that the Center for American Progress, helping lead their far left publication Think Progress.
Shakir and the ACLU are not only upset with President Trump for using the word "America" in his speech but also for defending America against illegal immigration. According to the ACLU statement, the group will fight against the president's stated immigration plan which offered citizenship for so-called "Dreamers" in exchange for securing the border and fixing the system.
Shakir promised that the ACLU would fight the president.
"In particular, the immigration plan put forth by Trump would hold Dreamers hostage to his demands for a harmful border wall and an even larger mass deportation force," Shakir said.
While the ACLU scaremongers about mass deportations, President Trump offered something different in his speech: "The first pillar of our framework generously offers a path to citizenship for 1.8 million illegal immigrants who were brought here by their parents at a young age -- that covers almost three times more people than the previous administration," the president said.
The rest of the president's plan includes securing the border with the construction of the border wall, replacing the visa lottery system with a merit-based immigration plan, and ending chain migration by restricting sponsorship to immediate family members.
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