Washington, D.C. — Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) leadership released the following statement following the Supreme Court’s decision on Mullin v. Doe:
“We strongly condemn the Supreme Court’s latest ruling granting arbitrary power to the Secretary of Homeland Security over the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. Once again, the Supreme Court is enabling the Trump administration’s worst anti-immigrant policies, and in the process dealing our communities and our economy an undue blow.”
“TPS beneficiaries are vetted, they are productive, and they follow the rules. They are the members of our communities who entrust their family unity and livelihoods to the United States government.”
“Attacks against programs like TPS and DACA are thinly-veiled attacks on immigrants and their United States citizen family members. They rob immigrants of their legal status to feed the Trump administration’s corrupt and voracious deportation machine.”
“This detestable ruling weakens TPS, but it does not require the administration to enforce it with cruelty. Hundreds of thousands of people who registered with the government, paid taxes and passed background checks now face the possibility of being separated from their families and homes. If those families are ripped apart, it is because Trump and his cronies choose that path.”
Congressional Hispanic Caucus leadership
Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)
Deputy Chair Rep. Darren Soto (FL-09)
Whip Rep. Sylvia García (TX-29)
Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion Rep. Joaquín Castro (TX-20)
Vice Chair of Communications Rep. Norma Torres (CA-35)
Vice Chair of Policy Rep. Rob Menendez (NJ-8)
Vice Chair of Member Engagement Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06)
Freshman Representative Rep. Gil Cisneros (CA-31)
About the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC)
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is 44 members strong. The CHC serves as a forum for the Hispanic Members of Congress to coalesce around a collective legislative agenda. The Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. For more information, please visit chc.house.gov.