Nov. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall
In the wake of Donald Trump being re-elected President of the United States Tuesday, multiple New York City-based immigrant organizations have released statements in which they criticized Trump for his history of anti-immigrant rhetoric and reinforced their missions to protect immigrants from any unconstitutional actions his administration may take to get them deported.
Throughout his presidential campaign, Trump has been highly critical of the amount of immigrants in the United States, both legally and illegally. He also has not shied away from espousing xenophobic conspiracies, like saying that the legal Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were there illegally and stealing and eating residents’ cats and dogs.
Between Trump’s rhetoric and his anti-immigrant agendas during his first term as president, many immigrants in the United States are concerned about potentially being deported from the country.