STATEMENT from Make the Road New Jersey on Trump’s Rumored Border Wall Proposal

On behalf of Make the Road New Jersey, youth leader and Dreamer Erika Martinez issued the following statement: “Trump’s proposal is not a starting point. It is an inhumane, immoral, and nonsensical approach to immigration reform. Trump ended DACA and TPS. He cannot use our lives now as ransom to build his racist border wall. New Jersey Congressional representatives must continue to demand an end to this government shutdown with no compromise and focus their efforts on fixing our broken immigration system. If politicians are willing to compromise with someone whose mission is to in any way threaten immigrant communities, then they are telling us that they are okay with putting our families’ lives at risk.”