"The United States does not believe in collective punishment. We do not punish the innocent for the sins of the guilty. Freezing asylum, green card, and citizenship processes is not the answer. It punishes hardworking, law-abiding immigrants who followed every step of the legal process. That is unfair, un-American, and it goes against everything this country stands for, Salazar said in a statement sent to EL PAIS."
"It punishes hardworking, law-abiding immigrants who followed every step of the legal process. That is unfair, un-American, and it goes against everything this country stands for, Salazar said in a statement sent to EL PAIS. Background checks already exist to stop terrorists, and they should. In South Florida, thousands of people who fled socialist tyrannies did it the right way: they applied legally, passed background checks, and waited their turn. Many of them are ready to vote for democracy and freedom! the congresswoman added."
President Trump paused asylum, green card, and citizenship processes for citizens of 19 countries after two National Guard members were shot by an Afghan migrant in Washington, D.C. Maria Elvira Salazar criticized the measure as collective punishment that harms immigrants who applied legally and passed vetting. Salazar emphasized that existing background checks aim to stop terrorists and that the freeze unfairly penalizes hardworking, law-abiding people from socialist regimes who waited their turn. Fellow Cuban-American Republicans Carlos Gimenez and Mario Diaz-Balart defended the action, blaming inadequate border security under the Biden administration and maintaining a hardline stance on sanctions and totalitarian regimes.
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