Hillary Clinton's replacement weak on immigrant rights

So reports Erica Gonzalez on the Women's Media Center web site:

While in the House, Gillibrand had given a thumbs-up to a series of harsh, punitive measures against undocumented immigrants. With so many families consisting of undocumented, legalized, and citizen members, these hard-line measures have wider implications, as we have seen with the devastating separation of parents and children through raids and deportation.

The New York Immigration Coalition, Assemblyman Peter Rivera, and the Spanish-language daily newspaper El Diario/La Prensa quickly took Gillibrand to task. This pushed her record to the forefront of news reports. But that Gillibrand’s alarming votes weren’t reflected in early, English-language media coverage shows how the lives of immigrants are too often treated as an after-thought.

Some organizations neglected to note the contradiction between Gillibrand backing the rights of some while denying the rights of others. NARAL Pro Choice New York and the Human Rights Campaign were among those that issued congratulatory statements on Gillibrand’s appointment. But they could have at the same time held her accountable for people caught in the middle—immigrant women and GLBT immigrants.