Obama: Immigration raids are a publicity stunt
By Eunice Moscoso | Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 11:44 AM


Sen. Barack Obama gave a long interview this week to Maria Elena Salinas, a nightly news anchor at Univision, the nation’s largest Spanish language network.

Salinas asked Obama whether he supports a moratorium on immigration raids.

Here is his answer: “Raids are a publicity stunt, they are a tactic to push people away from focusing on the failures of the immigration system as a whole. What we have to do is to have a comprehensive immigration plan that has strong border security; that cracks down on employers who are taking advantage of undocumented workers…We’ve got to crack down on them, and we’ve got to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers, making sure that they over time are able to earn their position here in the United States of America.â€