“At a time when the very foundations of our democracy are being challenged, it’s more important now than ever that we elect people who are dedicated to upholding the rule of law,” said Bucks County Democratic Committee Chair Steve Santarsiero.
“Weaponizing a 200-year-old law to facilitate mass deportations is pure xenophobia and would repeat one of the darkest episodes in United States history,” said Erol Kekic, senior vice president of programs at Church World Service.
Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s First Congressional District has an estimated 5,201 federal employees.
“Brian Fitzpatrick has been a coward and complicit in Trump’s rise to power,” said Thomas Taft, a climate activist from Chalfont and the featured speaker at the rally.
The event, sponsored by The Braver Angels of Southeast Pennsylvania and League of Women Voters of Bucks County, is to promote dialogue and strengthen community relationships.
“The executive order is not law and cannot change existing law. The orders even say on them they do not have the force of law,” said Kristina Moon, a senior attorney at the Education Law Center.
The right-wing law firm Thomas More Society, along with their plaintiffs which include South Side Area School District and Knoch School District, and Republican State Representatives Barbara Gleim and Aaron Bernstine, want to make discrimination OK again in the commonwealth.
Pennsylvania produces 69% of all mushrooms sold in the U.S., and its industry is highly dependent on immigrant labor.
More than 1 million Pennsylvanians could lose their health insurance, including 350,000 children.
“Families and folks with disabilities have a difficult time connecting with resources or knowing what’s available,” said Bucks County State Rep.Tim Brennan.
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