To: Jan Brewer, Arizona Governor
Gov. Brewer: Stop attacking young immigrants
Shame on you Governor Brewer. Your attack on DREAMers in Arizona is disgraceful. The people of Arizona deserve better.
Why is this important?
Jan Brewer, the governor of Arizona, is obsessed with two things: immigrant bashing, and the spotlight. She's the mother of one of the worst anti-immigrant laws in the country and now she's launched a hateful attack on DREAMers.
President Obama made a smart policy change to allow undocumented immigrant youth–who were brought to the U.S. as children, grew up here, and are either in school or have graduated–to apply for a work permit and relief from deportation. The move is favored by the majority of Americans and it just makes common sense.
On the day that thousands of these promising young people lined up to apply, what did Gov. Brewer do?
Without skipping a beat, Brewer signed an executive order directing state agencies to, among other things, deny drivers' licenses to DREAMer applicants. It's a mean-spirited and vindictive move that takes her anger with Obama out on 80,000 defenseless Arizona DREAMers.
It’s time we put an end to Gov. Brewer’s hateful anti-immigrant campaign. Arizona deserves better!
Please stand with the DREAMers in Arizona and join us in saying, “Shame on you, Governor Brewer!”