We welcome immigrants in Wyoming
Governor Mark Gordon
Governor Gordon recently made a racist statement that follows in the trend of elected leaders scapegoating people of color and immigrants in an effort to gain votes and campaign donations. While racist comments like these benefit people in power financially and politically, they have a very different effect on the immigrant community in Wyoming. These kinds of statements send a very clear message that, currently, Wyoming has elected officials and people in power who have no empathy for refugees or asylum seekers. The fact that Wyoming elected officials that do not want immigrants coming to Wyoming shows they fear this inevitable change, that this country and state is growing more and more diverse and no amount of hate or anti immigrant policies will be able to stop that. Immigrants are here and they are not going anywhere.
We are calling on people in Wyoming to show their support for their immigrant friends, family, and neighbors by signing this petition telling Governor Gordon we welcome immigrants in Wyoming and to stop using immigrants to fear monger.
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El Gobernador Gordon recientemente hizo unos comentarios racistas que sigue a la tendencia en líderes elegidos de culpar a personas de color e imigrantes de los problemas de la comunidad en un esfuerzo para ganar votos y donadores de campaña. Aunque los comentarios racistas benefician a los que están en el poder en lo financiero y político, estos tienen un efecto diferente en la comunidad migratoria en Wyoming. Este tipo de declaraciones envían un mensaje transparente que, presentemente, Wyoming tiene elegido a oficiales y personas en poder las cuales no tienen empatía para los refugiados y solicitantes de asilo. El hecho que los oficiales electos de Wyoming no quieren que inmigrantes vengan a Wyoming enseña que ellos tienen miedo a este cambio inevitable, que este país y el estado está creciendo más y más diverso y no hay cantidad de odio o leyes anti inmigrantes que vayan a poner un pare a eso. Inmigrantes están aquí y no se van a ir a ningún lado.
Estamos haciendo un llamado a las personas de Wyoming para que demuestren su apoyo a sus amigos, familia, y vecinos al firmar esta petición diciéndole al Gobernador Gordon que nosotros damos la bienvenida a inmigrantes en Wyoming, y que el pare de utilizar a inmigrantes para causar miedo en la población.
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Governor Mark Gordon
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When elected officials label human beings as “the others'' and use them to fear monger they empower and embolden racist attacks on people of color and immigrants. This is what fuels hateful violence.
Immigrants are part of every community in Wyoming and they are helping to revive the rural communities that have been economically dwindling over the years. These are hard working, good people who love Wyoming and are an essential part of who we are as a state. Wyomingites have shown time and time again they stand with immigrants. They showed this when they said no to a privately run immigration detention center and ran two private prison companies out of the state. Wyoming showed this again when they established a statewide Rapid Response Network to document the abuse Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) and the PoliMigra have perpetrated on immigrants in Wyoming and to support immigrant families in need.
Governor Gordon we welcome immigrants in Wyoming and we call on you to stop using them to fear monger.