Demand an apology from Donald Trump!

On June 16th, Donald Trump said the following hurtful, harmful, and completely inaccurate statement: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best…they’re sending people that have lots of problems…they’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime. They’re rapists…”

Trump couldn’t be more wrong: Studies show that immigrants are actually LESS likely to commit crimes and also that immigration and crime rates aren’t linked at all. His hateful statement was both inaccurate AND harmful to families.

Sign on to MomsRising's open letter to Donald Trump demanding an apology:

To: Donald Trump
From: Parents, grandparents, and all who care for our country’s children

On June 16th, you made offensive, inaccurate, flat-out wrong, racist comments about Mexican immigrants, calling them "dangerous criminals" and "rapists." On behalf of our children, we demand an apology.

Let’s set the record straight: According to the American Immigration Council, numerous studies have shown that “immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than the native-born, and high rates of immigration are not associated with higher rates of crime. This holds true for both legal immigrants and the undocumented, regardless of their country of origin or level of education.”

Furthermore, two thirds of all immigrants to our country are women and children, and the harm of this type of racism is far from a “grown-up” problem. It hurts children too. Research indicates that children who are exposed to racism at an early age suffer socially, academically, and their health is negatively impacted.

Children should not have to experience racism anywhere in their lives. Mr. Trump, apologize for your racist attacks against immigrant women, children, and families!