President Donald Trump has not yet issued a proclamation that recognizes the beginning of the month of the Hispanic inheritance, which begins annually on September 15, unlike his first mandate, since, as reported, some celebrations of the cultural month are being reduced throughout the country in the middle of Trump’s immigration raids.
Key data
Trump has not yet issued a proclamation until Monday afternoon, according to the Proclamations section on the White House website, and the month of the Hispanic inheritance has not been mentioned in its social truth account or in other official social media pages of the White House.
During Trump’s first mandate, he issued a proclamation recognizing the month of Hispanic inheritance at least one day before September 15 for each of his four years in office.
In his proclamation of 2020, Trump praised the “innumerable contributions of more than 60 million Latin American to our culture and society”, and asked public educators and officials to “celebrate this month with appropriate ceremonies, activities and programs.”
The White House did not respond to a request for comments from Forbes.
Why the month of Hispanic inheritance begins on September 15?
The month of Hispanic inheritance begins on September 15 because it coincides with the anniversaries of the independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a law that recognized the Week of Hispanic inheritance, and two decades later, President Ronald Reagan signed a law that extended the celebration of a week to a month.
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Have other politicians recognized the month of Hispanic inheritance?
Several politicians, many of them Democrats, have made publications on social networks recognizing the month of Hispanic inheritance. The X account of the Democrats of the House of Representatives called the month a “celebration of the rich history, culture and contributions of the Latin community”, while the X account of the Democratic Party recognized the “significant contributions of the Latin community to the history of the United States.” Some Democrats highlighted Trump and the immigration raids of their administration in their publications. “While we celebrate the Latin inheritance, Trump and the Republicans are promoting a cruel migratory repression, empowering ICE agents to detain people based only on ethnicity,” published representative Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat by California, in X on Monday morning, criticizing immigration raids as “racist attacks.” Some Republicans, including the Monica de la Cruz representative, Republican by Texas, and the representative María Elvira Salazar, Republican for Florida, also made publications in honor of the month of the Hispanic heritage.
Key history
Some celebrations of the month of Hispanic inheritance have been reduced or canceled this year amid fears about the immigration rags of the Trump administration and efforts to combat diversity, equity and inclusion throughout its second presidential mandate. The Hispanic inheritance festival of Las Carolinas, which would be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, was canceled, as well as the Indianapolis Fiesta event, an annual celebration of the month of Hispanic inheritance in Indiana. The co -founder of the Hispanic inheritance Festival of Las Carolinas, Rick Herrera, told WCCB Charlotte that he was waiting between 10,000 and 11,000 attendees, which felt that it could have been an opportunity for immigration authorities to “focus on our community.” The Latin organization in Spokane, based in Spokane, Washington, canceled its next events of the month of Hispanic inheritance, local media reported. The executive director of Latinos in Spokane, Jennyfer Mesa, cited the migratory raids of the Trump Administration as a reason for the cancellation, and declared to the public broadcasting of Oregon: “We are not at a time of celebration. We cannot celebrate when we know that our children are running out of parents, that we live with absolute fear every day and that we continue to be the target of attacks.”
Tangent
Earlier this year, Trump issued a proclamation by recognizing the month of black history one day before the celebration began in February, but his statement was remarkably shorter than he issued during his first mandate. In this year’s proclamation, Trump said that black Americans are among the “most important leaders” in the country, mentioning historical figures such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, as well as black conservatives such as economist Thomas Sowell and the judge of Supreme Court Clarence Thomas. However, unlike the proclamations of his first mandate, Trump did not refer to slavery, the movement for civil rights or emblematic laws of civil rights.
This article was originally published by Forbes US
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