A group of 19 Democratic senators led by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a letter on June 12 to HUD Secretary Ben Carson opposing the agency’s proposal to prohibit mixed-status immigrant families from living in public and other subsidized housing. The letter notes that 25,000 families, including 55,000 children who are U.S. citizens or who have legal status, are at risk of being made homeless by HUD’s proposal.
“Truncating current program benefits for residents in public and other assisted housing programs is misguided and will not solve the challenges our nation’s affordable housing programs face, as the Department and the Trump administration claim,” the senators state in the letter. “This is nothing more than an attempt to advance a dangerous agenda that targets and scapegoats the immigrant community.”
Additional signatories to the letter include Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Benjamin Cardin (D-MD).
See what other members of Congress have said in opposition to the rule at: https://www.keep-families-together.org/congress
Read the full letter at: https://tinyurl.com/y5lounhh
Submit your own comments to oppose the rule at: https://www.Keep-Families-Together.org/