These are moments that demand leadership. We should roll up our sleeves and address the problems that led us here. not seek bumpersticker solutions that simply divide us further. Not only does the rhetoric around the Toomey and Cruz bills unfairly paint immigrants and Latinos as criminals and threats to the public. they actually risk making us less safe. Senator TOOMEYS bill would require State and local law enforcement to become immigration agents and. in doing so. would undermine basic community policing principles. It would undermine the trust and cooperation between police officers and immigrant communities that is necessary to encourage victims and witnesses to step forward and report the crime that impacts us all. It would weaken law enforcements ability to apprehend those who prey on the public. And the draconian penalties in this bill will hurt our communities. which rely on Community Development Block Grants to fund crime prevention programs. provide housing for lowincome families. support economic development and infrastructure projects. and rebuild communities devastated by natural disasters.
Identified stereotypes
Unfairly painting immigrants and Latinos as criminals and threats to the public.