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Congresswoman Escobar Statement on We Build The Wall Fraud Scheme
El Paso, TX,
August 20, 2020
Congresswoman Escobar (TX-16) issued the following statement in response to the indictment of We Build the Wall organizers, some with links to white nationalism, for allegedly defrauding donors as part of a fundraising campaign aimed to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) issued the following statement in response to the indictment of We Build the Wall organizers, some with links to white nationalism, for allegedly defrauding donors as part of a fundraising campaign aimed to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border: “El Paso and communities along the southern border have historically been among the safest communities in the nation. Despite that fact, the Trump administration has portrayed border communities as threatening and unsafe and has routinely used them as a prop for some of the cruelest anti-immigrant and xenophobic policies in our generation. “The Trump administration’s obsession with a border wall – central to an erroneous national security and immigration narrative – has only served to provide red meat for his base, and we’ve now learned, as an opportunity for his supporters to profit off racism. “Border walls have never been a solution. They are a waste of taxpayer money, an environmental disaster, and a symbol of division and hate. As more information comes to light about the “We Build the Wall” fraudulent scheme, I hope the American people realize the harm this administration has caused border communities like El Paso by eroding the values our country was founded on.”
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