I think that citizens through their elected representatives should prevail on them to speak out against such bigotry in the White House. This would be a wake-up call to this administration to have the least attended S of U address in history.

As an LU alum, and community activist, I condemn chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. in his supportive remarks of POTUS during tumultuous times of neo-nazi events in Charlottesville, VA and most recently, his support of POTUS during undignified remarks of immigrants being from s***hole countries in regard to Africa and Haiti. We realize that we need to be the change that we want to see in what LU represents in the community and world. We desire UNITY and not division. Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. is fostering division and we do not support him.

We're asking every democratic member of congress to boycott the SOTU address to protest against Trump's racist comments and destructive rhetoric! We do not believe that Donald Trump honors the office of the president and does not deserve our attendance during his state of the union address. Peaceful protests and boycotts are an effective tool in showing our dissatisfaction with the current status quo.

The history of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. (PNBC) denomination is grounded in social justice and civil liberties advocacy. As Pastor of Greater Christ Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan and the 20th President of the PNBC, I am calling for our church family along with other black denominations and individuals across America to ask Congress to strongly condemn the latest racist comments made by Donald Trump in reference to immigration. To refer to Haiti and African countries as “sh**-hole” countries whose people should not be allowed to immigrate to this country in favor of Norwegians is nothing short of overt unabashed racism. Unfortunately, Trump has made similar racist statements before. During his campaign, he referred to Mexicans as criminals, drug lords, and rapists. Trump failed to condemn the KKK, white supremacists, and neo-Nazis for their racist protest in Charlottesville, VA last year. Instead, he called them “very fine people” and referred to those who stood up to them as troublemakers. The dreadful picture that Trump paints and wants all of America to believe pertaining to immigrants in the United States is a false narrative. Instead of criminals and unemployed thieves, immigrants are highly educated and play an important and vital role in the productivity of our society. According to the Migration Policy Institute, in 2014, 10.5 million immigrants had a college degree or higher, representing about 29 percent of the total 36.7 million U.S. foreign-born population ages 25 and over. Furthermore, the rates at which immigrants obtain college degrees outpace the rate of native-born Americans. Between 2000 and 2014, the college-educated immigrant population increased 78 percent from 5.9 million to 10.5 million. The native-born college-educated population grew over the same period by only 39 percent. Of the college-educated immigrant population, 25% are Hispanic or black. Additionally, immigrants constitute a part of the workforce that keeps America productive and healthy. In 2014, immigrants accounted for 16 percent of all civilian employed workers, including 32 percent of computer programmers, and nearly 26 percent of physicians. It is not enough that Trump says these bigoted words and suffers no consequences. Rather, he is developing policies on the basis of race that will hurt people of color for years to come. It is time for us to respond! I am calling on all people of goodwill, who believe that our country should uphold the tenets of honesty and decency, to contact their congresspersons, Republican and Democrat, and demand that they denounce Trump for these bigoted and divisive statements. We want every pastor across denominations to ask their church members to contact local political representatives in support of denouncing Trump’s hateful rhetoric. The Republican Party leadership have been grave disappointments in their pledge to honor our country (whose motto is In God We Trust) by failing to condemn Trump for his continued racist and divisive comments that erode our democracy. Our mandate will be galvanizing communities to participate in the upcoming midterm elections. We must elect people to Congress who have our best interests at heart. As the denominational home of Dr. King, PNBC will lead by example and honor his life and legacy by standing up, speaking out, and actively engaging our 2,000 churches to fight back against racism and for impartiality and fairness. “You know my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled by the iron feet of oppression…” —Martin Luther King, Jr., Address to the first Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) Mass Meeting, at Holt Street Baptist Church, Dec. 5, 1955 NOW IS THE TIME! About PNBC The Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. (PNBC) was founded in 1961 to give full voice, sterling leadership, and active support to the American and world fight for human freedom. New generations of Progressive Baptists are continuing the struggle for full voter registration, education and participation in society, economic empowerment and development, and the realization of universal human rights and total liberation for all people. PNBC’s global membership is estimated to be 2.5 million people. For more information, visit www.pnbc.org.

I believe the sale and use of marijuana is not only going to help the medically inclined people who smoke or eat the bud for its medical effect. But I believe as well the sale and taxes upon growth, distribution and sales of marijuana will pull the USA out of debt. Also, the by-products such as hemp we can use in almost all applications, whether food, building, art, or other commercial use will help our earth, our environment, and our living matters. By the federal government, marijuana is bad for people. Really? And alcohol and tobacco are killing thousands a day? And not only killing us but children. Fetal alcohol syndrome, FAS, is no joke and it's happening a lot thanks to the US government. Wow! That's good population control; let's kill or give unborn children problems because alcohol is safe and it okayed by the government. I have never seen women have a birth defect or give birth to a baby with problems when they smoke marijuana the whole time they were pregnant. Let's just end this battle, the war on drugs. Make Marijuana legal; it's that simple.

The views expressed by the President do not reflect the views of people in the United States. Once again his words and behaviors show he does not represent the beliefs of the majority of the United States. His actions have destroyed or severely harmed relationships with others around the world. He must apologize as he is also putting many lives in danger by his words and deeds.

Trump called Haiti a ‘shithole’ country the day before Haiti's 8th years anniversary of one the most tragic catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake which Death toll estimates range from 100,000 to about 160,000

Racism should be a thing of the past My wife is African American and she cried about the President's remarks. I am Caucasian.

Vermont is a forward thinking state and recognizes the value that migrant workers, refugees and immigrants bring to our state's economy. VT is one of 12 states that test and issue drivers licenses regardless of your immigration status. It's important that they feel safe sharing their personal information with the DMV and are not painting a target in their backs for ICE to find and deport them. To this end I am asking the Vermont legislature to write a law protecting that data from federal meddling.

Undocumented Utahan immigrants who obtain driver's licenses are helping to keep our roads safe. They have trusted their info to the DMV and we shouldn't betray that trust by letting ICE use it against them.

I respect the human rights of the marginalized and disrespected. I haven't been personally affected, but I sympathize and respect those who haven been.

I am a Maryland resident who believes our driver’s license information should remain confidential. Even if undocumented immigrants are here illegally, their ability to drive with licenses and insurance keeps us all safe. There are better ways to address the problem of illegal immigration than making our roads more dangerous and turning our MVA staff into federal government informers.