Thread: MALDEF Responds to Pres Speech

MALDEF President and General Counsel Responds to President's Address on Immigration Reform
July 1, 2010

LOS ANGELES, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel, issued the following statement in response to an address on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) given by President Barack Obama at American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C.

“With his remarks today, President Obama has reaffirmed the urgency of enacting progressive immigration reform for America and taken the first step toward seeking to improve our current, flawed immigration system. The President has also challenged other leaders, from both parties, to reaffirm their understanding of the urgency and necessity of enacting reforms to achieve a federal immigration system that better reflects our national constitutional values and better serves our national interests.

Bipartisan support for immigration reform has existed in the past, and MALDEF calls upon those who have previously signed on in support of elements of immigration reform, such as the DREAM Act, AgJobs, and the Uniting American Families Act, to reaffirm their support and to affirm their belief in the urgency of enacting reform this year.

Responsible national leadership requires elected officials and candidates for political office from both political parties to reject political pandering and racial demagoguery to secure concrete steps toward a better immigration system. Both parties face serious political risks from continued failure to undertake such leadership.

Therefore, we look forward to additional concrete steps toward progressive immigration reform from the President and leaders from both parties.â€

now Thomas, you and I both know if the majority of illegals were not of latino descent, your organization would not be saying a damn thing about it because everyone knows you represent one group of people and no one else

I agree jamesw62. Just as I condemn the Klu Klux Klan and White Supremist I condem MALDEF, LULAC, NCLR and the Hispanic Caucus. They are all cut from the same cloth. If they would like to embrace being American they should disband and call for the deportation of all illegal aliens and enforcement of our borders.

They always say you better be careful what you ask for you might just get it. If they are given amnesty guess what happens next. THE WHOLE WORLD IS COMING! They all want an amnesty. And the whole world is not hispanic! The sad part is that when the nation is destroyed they will all have somewhere to go back to while we are left in shambles. Gutierrez says his bill is the only bill that will stop illegal immigration, so how does this work? Make all illegals legal and then let the whole world come legally?

"Both parties face serious political risks from continued failure to undertake such leadership. "

Is this another one of their threats?

Like we will shoot police until we get free?

Demagogue definition: "a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices"

Now just who would that be throwing out a term like racial demagoguery when the citizens opposing illegal amnesty are of mixed races but these Maldef people are racist by their very name?