Thread: Latinos and Democrats Press Obama to Curb Deportations

By JULIA PRESTON

Published: April 20, 2011

With prospects for an immigration overhaul looking dim, President Obama is facing increasing pressure from Latinos, Democratic lawmakers and immigrant groups to use his executive powers to offer relief from deportation to broad groups of illegal immigrants.
Demands for immediate action by Mr. Obama to slow the pace of the immigration crackdown in Latino communities have not eased since a White House meeting on Tuesday in which the president gathered political, business and religious leaders to brainstorm about how to revive the overhaul legislation, which is stalled in Congress.

Latinos and Democrats praised Mr. Obama for trying to jump-start efforts to pass the bill, which would grant legal status to millions of illegal immigrants. But with many leaders of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives strongly opposed to the measure, the bill’s supporters remain skeptical that it will go anywhere before the presidential election next year.

They are calling on Mr. Obama to use authorities they say he already has under current immigration law to defer deportations of illegal immigrant students who would be eligible for legal status under a bill known as the Dream Act.

“We know that immigration reform is doable, but it is just rather difficult given the makeup of Congress,â€

[quote]Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, denounced the Democrats’ letter in a speech on the floor. “I’m just appalled that members of this body think an executive order to grant amnesty behind our backs is not an assault on the democratic process,â€

I believe that Latino is not a race, but a political party and an arm of the Democratic party. Latinos are not "one race" but the handlers are convincing them that they are in order to deliver them as a voting block to the Democrats in exchange for political power for the Organizations that contol them. LaRAza comes to mind.

Talk about gullible sheep. No wonder Mexico never got any better.

Originally Posted by Newmexican

I believe that Latino is not a race, but a political party and an arm of the Democratic party. Latinos are not "one race" but the handlers are convincing them that they are in order to deliver them as a voting block to the Democrats in exchange for political power for the Organizations that contol them. LaRAza comes to mind.

Talk about gullible sheep. No wonder Mexico never got any better.

Very true and very sad. Americans of Latino and Hispanic descent deserve better leaders and organizations than the ones they have which so far have done nothing but degrade them into the equivalent of illegal aliens. Why they would allow that is beyond me. I hope they'll wake up and stand up against illegal immigration and give all these phonies "Latino" leaders lining their pockets at their expense, the boot in 2012.

[quote="jean"][quote]Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, denounced the Democrats’ letter in a speech on the floor. “I’m just appalled that members of this body think an executive order to grant amnesty behind our backs is not an assault on the democratic process,â€