National manufacturing group one of may to oppose Trump’s child separation policy
by June 20, 2018 6:26 pm 195 views
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), which has been a strong ally of President Donald Trump since he took office in January 2017, came out strongly against his administration’s move to separate children from their parents before the President on Wednesday halted the separation policy.
NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons did not mince words in a recent statement, calling it “a child’s worst nightmare to be taken away from a parent,” adding that “nothing strikes fear into the hearts of parents like the idea of their children being taken from them.”
“On this very core issue of humanity, nearly all Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, agree. The images we’re seeing and the stories that are being reported from the border are horrifying — young children being warehoused in cages, separated from their parents, and often from their own siblings. This is not what America stands for. This two-month-old policy destroys America’s credibility as a beacon of freedom, liberty, opportunity and compassion in the world,” Timmons said.
He continued: “Today in America children are being held hostage by political partisans. Manufacturers demand that Congress and the administration fix this horrifying injustice now. There are no excuses and no one else to blame. It can be accomplished in a few days — or even hours. The administration can change this policy with a stroke of a pen. Congress can pass a clean bill prohibiting the separation of immigrant children from their parents and send it to the President for his signature.”
Timmons acknowledged that manufacturers have long advocated “real solutions to our immigration challenges” while reaffirming the “call for comprehensive legislation.”
“But not this week. Today, action is urgently needed to address this very specific travesty, because thousands of innocent children will lie awake tonight wondering if they will ever see their parents again. Inaction or delay is inexcusable and immoral,” Timmons said.