CREDO Action co-director Heidi Hess issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration announcing a new, illegal rule to block asylum-seekers at the border:

“Turning away asylum-seekers at the border is cruel, inhumane, and illegal,” said CREDO Action co-director Heidi Hess. “This latest, racist stunt by Donald Trump to further close our doors to migrants is proof-positive that he is willing to abuse all powers afforded to the presidency in order to further his bigoted and hateful views. House Democrats must stand with immigrant families and communities of color attacked by Trump everyday and put a stop to his rampant destruction of our country’s values by opening an impeachment inquiry immediately.”

CREDO is a major funder of immigrant rights groups. Through CREDO’s monthly donations program, the company has donated more than $800,000 to leading immigrant rights groups including Movimiento Cosecha, United We Dream, America’s Voice, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, National Immigration Law Center, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, National Council of La Raza, Mijente, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Migrant Legal Action Program, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Detention Watch Network and American Immigration Law Foundation.

CREDO Action, part of CREDO Mobile, is a social change network of over five million activists, sending tens of millions of petition signatures and hundreds of thousands of phone calls to decision-makers each year. CREDO Action members also participate in meetings, protests and other direct action for progressive change.