“Trump is still racist despite attempting an image change,” said Gloria La Riva, speaking out before Donald Trump’s expected immigration speech this Thursday in Colorado.
La Riva, socialist presidential candidate, is on the Colorado ballot along with her VP running mate, Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement.
“Trump tried to say he has sympathy for Black and Latino people, only
because he’s sinking in the polls,” continued La Riva referring to Trump’s
meeting this past Saturday with his ‘Hispanic Advisory Council’. “Yet, on
Monday, two days later, he says, ‘Don’t worry. We’re going to build the
wall… That wall will go up so fast, your head will spin.’
“Following all his racist and vicious attacks against Latino and Muslim immigrants as well as all people of color, he now tells his council that he is interested in a ‘humane and efficient’ manner to deal with immigrants. But there is no such thing as a humane deportation or border wall.
“His visit to the Southwest this Thursday is a slap in the face to hundreds of thousands of hardworking immigrant people who live here. I am proud to be the daughter of a Mexican immigrant who worked hard, like so many do, in low wage jobs with little pay and grueling conditions. My mother Julia has an incomparable dignity, unlike racist bigots like Trump or shameless opportunists like Hillary Clinton.”
La Riva was born and raised in New Mexico, where she is also on the ballot along with Banks.
“Our campaign calls for an immediate right to legalization for all immigrants, for an end to family separations, deportations and raids. For decades, opportunist politicians have denied immigrants the right to legalize their status. Then they whip up anti-immigrant sentiment, claiming that immigrants are ‘breaking the law,’ when in reality they want to work and raise their families like everyone else.
“Today Trump said he would follow the same immigration policy as Bush and Obama. That is the only true thing he has said. Bush deported hundreds of thousands and Obama’s administration deported a record 2 million. In other words, Trump promises continued brutality against the immigrant community.
“Trump’s latest tactic to soften his arch-racist image won’t work.”
The La Riva and Banks campaign in Colorado also calls for a dismantling of the Pentagon budget to provide for jobs for all, free healthcare, education and truly affordable housing.
