Wednesday, May 17th, 2017
Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414-469-9206, sfreeman@vdlf.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ESPAÑOL ABAJO
Sheriff Clarke Is Unfit for any Office
In an interview Wednesday afternoon on right wing talk radio, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke announced he will leave office next month for a job with the Trump Administration as an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security. Voces de la Frontera issued the following statement from Executive Director Christine Neumann-Ortiz.
“Clarke is unfit for any office and should face criminal charges for the deaths and abuses at the jail. Trump’s appointment of Clarke shows this administration’s disregard for human rights. Scott Walker must appoint a sheriff who will withdraw from 287g, end collaboration with Trump’s campaign of mass deportation and terror against immigrant families, and support reforms to prevent deaths and abuses at the Milwaukee County Jail.”
miercoles, 17 de mayo de 2017
Contacto: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414-469-9206, sfreeman@vdlf.org
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Sheriff Clarke no es apto para ningún puesto oficial
En una entrevista el miércoles por la tarde en la radio conservadora, el alguacil del condado de Milwaukee David Clarke anunció que saldrá de su puesto el próximo mes para trabajar en la Administración de Trump como Secretario Asistente del Departamento de la Seguridad Nacional. Voces de la Frontera publicó la siguiente declaración de la Directora Ejecutiva, Christine Neumann-Ortiz.
“Clarke no es apto para ningún puesto oficial y debe enfrentar cargos criminales por las muertes y abusos en la cárcel. El nombramiento de Clarke por Trump muestra que esta administración no le importan los derechos humanos. Scott Walker debe nombrar un sheriff que se retirará del 287g, pondrá un fin a la colaboración con la campaña de Trump de deportaciones masivas y terrorismo en contra de las familias inmigrantes. El nuevo sheriff debe apoyar reformas para prevenir muertes y abusos en la cárcel del condado de Milwaukee.”
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Voces de la Frontera is a national leader in the movement for immigrant and worker rights and and the largest grassroots Latinx membership organization in Wisconsin. Led by low-wage immigrant workers and students, Voces has organized some of the largest marches in the country, and works to protect and expand civil rights and workers’ rights through leadership development, community organizing and empowerment. Voces de la Frontera has chapters in Milwaukee, Racine, Madison, Green Bay, Sheboygan, Manitowoc and Walworth County and a student arm called Youth Empowered in the Struggle. Learn more at www.vdlf.org.
