Latino businessmen claimed President Donald Trump in New York who stops attacking his immigrant community that, they recalled, the US economy needs to move forward, as happened after the 11-S attacks or the health crisis caused by the COVID.
“We did not leave when the 11-S and we took New York forward, and now much more because, since it closed the border, it is time for comprehensive and human immigration reform,” said Colombian Eduardo Giraldo, president of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce of Queens, and spokesman for the Cameras coalition during a press conference in the financial sector of Wall Street.
“We want to send a message to the administration that we, Latinos, are, especially immigrants, a capital force,” willing to work in the factories that will arrive in the country and that they expect to happen the same in Latin America.
For these merchants, Trump’s immigration policy is “devastating” for the Latin community “because when they think of migrants, they think only of Latinos.”
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His message, he said, “has sent us to hide, to stop business, investments, stop buying house, cars. There is a very large austerity in the Latin market at this time,” said Giraldo, owner of an insurance company.
Also that its immigration policy has the community “cornered and all we do is defend ourselves”. “We are workers, entrepreneurial people, people who educate our children, who embrace this country and have come forward, not those criminals who are showing on television. Emigration comes from everywhere,” said the businessman.
With the theme of tariffs – which Trump stopped for 90 days except for China – assured that they are already being noticed in business sales, including restaurants, which have dropped “like 20 or 30%” because there is caution in the market and could lead to the dismissal of workers.
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However, they said they did not oppose “righteous” tariffs and that are in an investment in Latin America. “We want to say (to the government) to open the doors to bring business, open field to invest in our countries (Latin American),” said “this is the time for Americans to carry their companies there, near the US, and on the other hand, we have to influence Latin America to open the doors to receive these companies,” said the merchants.
With EFE information
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