Schumer (file):
“… so un-American”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D, NY18) didn’t mince words in his criticism of President Trump’s actions detaining immigrants from seven countries at airports around the nation.
“If the president wants to keep out dangerous terrorists, I’m all for it, but shutting out people for their faith and guys who risked their lives fighting with us in Iraq is clumsy and stupid and shows Trump is just winging it,” Democratic Maloney said of the new Republican president. “You don’t need to hurt innocent people to keep us safe.”
Saying the US already has “strict security vetting requirements for refugees,” Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D, NY17) said Trump’s executive order barring immigration from a number of countries, “will not make us safer.”
“Our enemies will use President Trump’s directive for propaganda and recruitment, bolstering their efforts to damage America’s global stature and endanger the lives of US citizens at home and abroad,” Lowey said.
Republican Congressman John Faso (R, NY19) believes the president’s
executive order was not well-drafted or well-implemented. The freshman
lawmaker said the nation needs immigration reform through legislation,
while acknowledging the president may act in the event of a national security
or emergency situation.
“There is no doubt that we need to thoroughly vet people coming from countries where there is ISIS and Al Qaeda activity, but at the same time we have to balance that against the need to respect the rights of US citizens and people who are subject to valid immigration proceedings, such as holders of green cards,” Faso said.
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D, NY) was emotional in a media reaction on Sunday. In a Facebook post, the senator slammed the President’s action: “We are saying NO to the misguided executive orders of President Donald Trump because they are bad for America, bad for our national security and because they are so un-American.”
Hours after the president signed his executive order that wreaked havoc at airports around the country, a federal judge issued a temporary stay.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman joined with attorneys general from 15 other states condemning Trump’s “unconstitutional, un-American and unlawful executive order” and promised to work together to ensure that the federal government “obeys the Constitution, respects our history as a nation of immigrants, and does not unlawfully target anyone because of their national origin or faith.”
Schneiderman said the AG’s are “confident that the executive order will ultimately be struck down by the courts. In the meantime, we are committed to working to ensure that as few people as possible suffer from the chaotic situation that it has created.”
The other attorneys general include those from California, Pennsylvania, Washington, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Virginia, Oregon, District of Columbia, Connecticut, Vermont, Illinois, New Mexico, Iowa, Maine and Maryland.
