in these difficult times. many are suffering alone, because they are in fear and we want them to know that we care. the overwhelming majority of the 60 million hispanics in this country were born in this country. and we re all in pain and to varying degrees afraid. do you feel as if the community is under attack? absolutely. between the ice raids, what s happening at the border, people getting yelled at and accosted in public for simply speaking spanish, absolutely i do. it s been frustrating that instead of trying to understand what it s like to be a brown skinned or immigrant person in this country. after a killer drove 10 hours, specifically to shoot latinos, immigrants and mechl conditions, the media has simply obscured
that s the message from over 200 la teen ovo artists. beginning with dear latina family. this is a letter of solidarity to the family still reeling from last week s i.c.e. raids and the mass shooting in el paso, texas. it says if you are feeling terrified, heart broken and defeated by the barrage of attacks on our community, you are not alone. this letter reads as it was published friday in the new york times. l.a. opinion and other newspapers across the country. the actress eva longoria helped organize this calling on all americans to speak out loudly against hateful musicians jennifer lopez, recolleicky mar lynn manuel miranda were among the hundreds who signed on in support here. the passionate letter ends with a call to action and quote, it says in part, may we turn this
they were too busy investigating him. in el paso and dayton, the president insulted the mayors of both cities and then there was this picture with the infant who was orphaned with the el paso attempt and the thumbs up and the grin did not go over well and neither did the mississippi i.c.e. raids and left kid alone without their parents and the acting citizenship and immigration services director ken cuccinelli warned more are coming. their enforcement efforts are up and i think you can expect to see more of that as part of the message of this administration, we re going to enforce the law. and let s not forget, it was cuccinelli who tried to revise the iconic statue of liberty poem. would you also agree that emma lazarus words etched on the statue of lubery, give me your tired and poor are all part of the american ethos?
in week the trump administration put forward a proposal that would potentially deny green cards to immigrants who use certain government services and trump s top immigration official ken cuccinelli put a racist spin on words just below the statue of liberty. you know the words give me your tired, your poor, huddled masses. he says that s just about europeans. all right, so listen, all this comes after the controversial i.c.e. raids that separated hundreds of families in mississippi leaving kids in tears and in terror. and cuccinelli warned there is likely to be more to come. okay. now this is a personal issue for the actress and immigration activist dianne guerrero. born in the united states after her parents came here from columbia, escaping violence. when she was 14 years old her parents were deported while she was at school. now, theses themes are part of a new season for her show orange is the new black. but i want to you look at what she has to say about this topic.
abuse user of larry nassar, because they too were busy investigating trump. after the mass shootings, the president insulted the mayors of both el paso and dayton. there was this photo with a little baby who was orphaned in those el paso attacks. a thumbs up and a grin. that didn t go over well. neither did the mississippi ice raids, which became a new kind of family separation for this administration, leaving kids alone without their parents. but acting citizenship and immigration services director ken cuccinelli warned, more are comi coming. they re enforcement efforts are up, and i think you can expect to see more of that as part of the message. its with cuccinelli who tried to take a red pen to the statue of liberty poem. would you agree that emma lazarus words etched on the statue of liberty are also part