The Hill
By Scott Wong
May 28, 2015
House
Democrats’ campaign arm hit vulnerable Republicans who voted to block
the Pentagon from considering allowing people who were brought to the
country illegally as children to enlist in
the military.
Robocalls,
starting Thursday, will target Spanish-speaking households in five
congressional districts that have large Latino populations, according to
a news release first shared with The
Hill.
Those
districts are represented by GOP freshmen Reps. Barbara Comstock of
Virginia, Will Hurd of Texas, Cresent Hardy of Nevada and Steve Knight
of California, as well as fellow Republican
Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada, who was elected in 2010.
Earlier
this month, House Republicans voted to scrap a provision in a major
defense policy bill that urged the Pentagon to review allowing so-called
“DREAMers” — most of them immigrants who
were brought to the U.S. illegally as children — to join the military.
The
vote to kill the provision was 221-202. But 20 Republicans sided with
all Democrats to keep the pro-immigrant measure in the National Defense
Authorization Act.
“It
is clear that today’s Republican Party is controlled by immigration
hardliners who have no appreciation for the contributions DREAMers make
to our nation and want to make to our armed
forces,” said Meredith Kelly, a spokeswoman for the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee.
“Anti-immigration
extremists are calling the shots and House Republicans are all too
happy to comply,” she added. “This week, we are calling voters in key
districts to make sure they know
that their Member of Congress lacks the courage to do the right thing.”
Here is an English translation of one of the Spanish-language robocalls:
This is XX calling from the DCCC. Recently, Republicans in Congress and
Joe Heck voted to deny children brought to the U.S. through no fault of
their own or “DREAMers”
a chance to serve in our nation’s military.
Honorable young men and women that want to volunteer to risk their
lives for our country’s safety and security deserve the chance to serve.
Instead, Republicans in Congress continue to unfairly discriminate against DREAMers.
Call Congressman Heck at 702-387-4941 and tell him that DREAMers who
want to serve deserve our thanks, not more discrimination.
For more information, go to: www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com
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