Hoy, Donald Trump público su plan de cómo México pagará por el costoso muro fronterizo. Secuestrando remesas de familias inmigrantes, subiendo tarifas de comercio, y negando visas aquellos que quieran visitar los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump a tocado fondo con sus ataques hacia familias inmigrantes y latinas. Miles de familias en Colorado serán afectadas por el plan de Trump.
Aún con todos los ataques hacia la comunidad latina por Donald Trump, el Congresista republicano Mike Coffman sigue planeando en respaldar al candidato que gane la candidatura republicana.
“Secuestrar las remesas de familias inmigrantes y latinas es algo bajo, dijo Javier Gamboa del DCCC. “A pesar de los numerosos ataques hacia las familias inmigrantes y latinas por Donald Trump, el Congresista Mike Coffman a dicho que apoyará al candidato Republicano, incluso si es Donald Trump.”
Conoce el récord antiinmigrante de Mike Coffman:
Birthright Citizenship
Trump Proposed Ending Birthright Citizenship. “End birthright citizenship. This remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration.” [Donald J. Trump for President, 8/16/15]
Coffman Cosponsored Congressman Steve King’s “Birthright Citizenship Act” To End The Constitutional Guarantee Of Citizenship To Children Born In The U.S. In January 2011, Coffman co-sponsored HR 140, the Birthright Citizenship Act. According to Congressional Quarterly the bill would have prohibited “the automatic granting of citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.” A columnist for the Denver Post wrote, “Two of our congressional representatives, Republicans Doug Lamborn and Mike Coffman, are co-sponsors of the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, which would run counter to the plain language of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. … The 14th Amendment, passed in 1868, was one of the Republican Party’s major achievements … [but] Tom Tancredo says that it’s a ‘ridiculous and unconstitutional policy that automatically grants citizenship to any child born within the borders of the U.S. regardless of the legal status of that child’s parents.’” [HR 140, 1/07/11; Denver Post, 2/13/11; CQ, 1/24/11]
Defended His Radical Position. Coffman: “I mean, the current law is, and the United States is separate from other countries, is that if you are born in the United States, you are, in fact, a citizen of the United States. You know, I think we should probably be, adopt the policies of other countries, that you are a citizen of your parents…” Denver Post Editorial Writer Tim Hoover: You’d see that changed, right? Is that what you’re saying? Coffman: “Sure. I mean, I think we ought to look at that.” [Denver Post, 5:50, 8/30/13]
Border Fence
Trump Proposed Building A Wall Along The Southern Border. “A nation without borders is not a nation. There must be a wall across the southern border.” [Donald J. Trump for President, 8/16/15]
Coffman Sponsored Legislation To Complete A Fence Along The U.S. – Mexico Border. “U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) announced today that he will introduce legislation to complete the border fence with Mexico … ‘I believe securing our borders is within reach if we have the will to do it. The problem is that the border fence is yet to be completed,’ said Coffman … Coffman believes that the border fence provides an effective and an important linear defense that can be enhanced, in depth, by U.S. Border Patrol agents, ground sensors, cameras, and even thermal imaging that can detect movements at night.” [Coffman Press Release, 4/17/09]
Birther
Trump Questioned Obama’s Place Of Birth. “Correspondent Jonathan Karl asked the former presidential candidate about his pursuit of Obama’s birth certificate, suggesting it made him look not serious. ‘Why does that make me not serious? I think that resonated with a lot of people,’ Trump said. Karl pressed if Trump still believes Obama was not born in the United States. ‘I have no idea,’ Trump said. ‘I don’t know, was there a birth certificate? You tell me. You know, some people say that was not his birth certificate. I’m saying I don’t know. Nobody knows. And you don’t know either.’” [Politico, 8/11/13]
Trump Still Questions Obama’s Birth Country. Anderson Cooper: Do you accept that President Obama was born in the United States? Donald Trump: “I really don’t know. I don’t know why he wouldn’t release his records; but, honestly, I don’t want to get into it.” [CNN, 7/09/15]
Coffman Said Obama Was In His Heart “Not an American” And Questioned The President’s Birthplace. “At a May 12 fundraiser at the Elbert County Fairgrounds, Coffman wrapped up a 12-minute speech to donors with an unprompted discussion of President Obama’s citizenship and national identification. ‘I don’t know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don’t know that,’ Coffman said. ‘But I do know this, that in his heart, he’s not an American. He’s just not an American.’” [Denver Post, 5/16/12]