{"id":559098,"date":"2021-06-10T10:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559098"},"modified":"2021-06-10T10:36:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:36:22","slug":"california-latino-caucus-rips-both-harris-and-trump-calls-for-all-asylum-seekers-to-be-let-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-latino-caucus-rips-both-harris-and-trump-calls-for-all-asylum-seekers-to-be-let-in\/","title":{"rendered":"California Latino Caucus Rips Both Harris And Trump, Calls For \u2018All Asylum Seekers\u2019 To Be Let In"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-latino-caucus-rips-both-harris-and-trump-calls-for-all-asylum-seekers-to-be-let-in%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233251353-scaled-e1623332349583.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>California\u2019s Latino Legislative Caucus criticized both Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 remarks to asylum seekers in Guatemala and former President Donald Trump\u2019s border policies, claiming that seeking asylum in America is legal.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic California state Sen. and Caucus Chair Mar\u00eda Elena Durazo and Democratic California state Assemblyman and Vice-Chair Robert Rivas <a href=\"https:\/\/latinocaucus.legislature.ca.gov\/news\/1623264720-california-latino-caucus-leadership-responds-vice-president-harris%E2%80%99-remarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">issued a statement<\/a> Wednesday after the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/biden-harris-white-house-mexico-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vice president<\/a> told asylum seekers Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/07\/kamala-customs-and-border-protection-guatemala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not to come<\/a> to the U.S. during a visit to Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president\u2019s \u201cdo not come\u201d statement echoed that of the President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/16\/joe-biden-abc-news-tells-migrants-dont-come\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier in March<\/a>, when he suggested migrants should not come to the U.S. as a result of a massive migrant surge on the border at the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.3962264150943\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Latino Caucus Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMariaEDurazo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenMariaEDurazo<\/a> and Vice-Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsmRobertRivas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AsmRobertRivas<\/a> issued the following statement in response to Vice President Harris\u2019 remarks to asylum seekers in Guatemala this week: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T0eHu4U2TM\">pic.twitter.com\/T0eHu4U2TM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CA Latino Caucus (@LatinoCaucus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LatinoCaucus\/status\/1402701157072506895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAmerica has long stood as a beacon of hope, opportunity, and safety for those looking to escape violence, extreme poverty, and political persecution.\u201d The statement read in part, adding that the matter for some was \u201clife or death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement applauded the vice president\u2019s effort for \u201cseeking to address the root causes of why so many\u2026are fleeing to our border.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/illegal-border-crossing-may-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Record Number Of Migrants Attempted To Enter The US In May, Border Officials Say)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, most of these issues were worsened by the Trump Administration\u2019s four years of ineptitude and neglect,\u201d the statement continued, adding that the country should stick to precedent that did not discourage asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.2412060301508\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cSeeking asylum in the United States is not only legal but a matter of life and death for many,\u201d the Latino Caucus leaders said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EcmIrGR3bG\">https:\/\/t.co\/EcmIrGR3bG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Modesto Bee (@modbee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/modbee\/status\/1402740263391465475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey are doing what they need to do to survive. As such, we urge the Biden-Harris administration and Congress to follow the moral and legal imperative to create a process to allow all asylum seekers to come to this country as a part of a larger, long-overdue comprehensive reform of our immigration system,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/disappointing-ocasio-cortez-kamala-harris-warning-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressed disappointment<\/a> with the vice president following her remarks, criticizing the U.S. for \u201cset[ting] someone\u2019s house on fire and then blame them for fleeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/donald-trump-criticizes-biden-administration-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also criticized<\/a> the Biden administration Wednesday, stating that the border crisis was \u201cnow worse than ever before\u201d and that \u201cat no time in our country\u2019s history has anything so outrageous taken place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris has also said that she plans on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/kamala-harris-commits-to-visiting-border-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visiting the U.S.-Mexico border<\/a> \u201csoon,\u201d but did not offer a definitive timetable on when a visit may happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California\u2019s Latino Legislative Caucus criticized both Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 remarks to asylum seekers in Guatemala and former President Donald Trump\u2019s border policies, claiming that seeking asylum in America is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279857,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233251353-scaled-e1623332349583.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"California Latino Caucus Rips Both Harris And Trump, Calls For \u2018All Asylum Seekers\u2019 To Be Let In","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233251353-scaled-e1623332349583.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"California Latino Caucus Rips Both Harris And Trump, Calls For \u2018All Asylum Seekers\u2019 To Be Let In","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}