Official Statement from Mormon Women for Ethical Government with Regard to Continuing Negotiations on Protections for DREAMers
Feb. 15, 2018
As members of both houses of Congress continue to debate and negotiate a resolution for DREAMers this week, we call upon them to work toward ethical solutions that focus on the interests and needs of the American people rather than the tempting pull of partisan politics. The White House has consistently made its anti-immigrant agenda clear, and it continues to derail any bipartisan solutions that do not further that agenda. The result, so far, is a series of proposals that are beneath us and do not honor our country’s values or history.
Fortunately, our American political system is one of checks and balances. It is time for Congress to do what it was designed to do – pass a law that actually serves and protects the American people, with or without the approval of the White House. We have drafted Fifteen Declarations on Ethical Immigration Policy and have shared it with as many members of Congress as would listen. We continue to urge them to take an ethical approach to reform, rather than a political one. It isn’t just immigrants’ lives that are at stake here; it is also the legitimacy of our political system.
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*Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG) is a nonpartisan group dedicated to the ideals of decency, honor, accountability, transparency, and justice in governing. MWEG is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We do, however, fully sustain the leaders and doctrines of the Church.
