{"id":55704,"date":"2017-08-23T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/glaad-response-to-president-trumps-choice-to-defend-joe-arpaio\/"},"modified":"2017-08-23T00:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T04:00:27","slug":"glaad-response-to-president-trumps-choice-to-defend-joe-arpaio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/glaad-response-to-president-trumps-choice-to-defend-joe-arpaio\/","title":{"rendered":"GLAAD response to President Trump\u2019s choice to defend Joe Arpaio"},"content":{"rendered":"

GLAAD response to President Trump\u2019s choice to defend Joe Arpaio<\/b><\/p>\n

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NEW YORK –\u00a0<\/strong>GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today voiced outrage over President Trump\u2019s choice to defend former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio at a political rally this evening in Phoenix, Arizona. Arpaio is infamous for his\u00a0previous conviction<\/a>\u00a0of issuing racist, anti-immigrant policies in Maricopa County even after being ordered by a judge to stop racial targeting and detaining undocumented immigrants without a legal basis.\u00a0Arpaio also gained national attention for his\u00a0inhumane Tent City jail<\/a>, which he\u00a0boasted<\/a>\u00a0was a \u201cconcentration camp, and his relentless campaign to terrorize Latinx\u00a0communities by using racial profiling for immigration enforcement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBy defending Joe Arpaio, President Trump sends a chilling message of support for racial profiling, inhumane inmate abuses, and unlawful defiance for the federal court system,\u201d\u00a0said Monica Trasandes, Director of Spanish Language and Latinx Media & Representation<\/strong>. \u201cArpaio\u2019s discriminatory actions created a hostile environment throughout Arizona and sparked additional, anti-immigration policies across the United States. It is absolutely vital for the LGBTQ community to help communities of color and immigrants fight back against this dangerous conversation being run by the Trump Administration. Embracing intolerance has no place for the Office of the Presidency and the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0Williams Institute<\/a>, an estimated 267,000 adult undocumented immigrants identify as LGBTQ (Latinx, Black, Asian, and Muslim). Joe Arpaio\u2019s anti-immigrant ideology has created an environment in Arizona that increased the profiling, deportation, and detention of immigrants, including LGBTQ immigrants. Transgender immigrants are often disproportionately detained in immigration centers and suffer a\u00a0higher rate of abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio\u2019s Racist and Anti-Immigration Record<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n