Thread: President Obama quietly moving on immigration reform

June 28, 2010
President Obama quietly moving on immigration reform
Posted: June 28th, 2010 03:29 PM ET

From By CNN White House Correspondents Suzanne Malveaux and Dan Lothian

Washington (CNN) - The President was scheduled to meet with grassroots leaders at 3:15 Monday afternoon to discuss immigration reform, a White House official confirms.

Two sources outside the White House involved in the talks say immigration reform is definitely on the President's radar, and that Monday's closed-press meeting comes on the heels of a number of immigration movements that have been quietly percolating over the last 48 hours.

They point to National Security Advisor for Homeland Security John Brennan's meeting with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, which is scheduled to take place as early as Monday in Arizona.

Secretary Napolitano has also recently introduced a number of border security initiatives.


One source involved in the talks adds that Monday's meeting is also in preparation for the federal government to file suit against the state of Arizona for its controversial new immigration law.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and Interior's Ken Salazar are likely to join President Obama in the meeting.

Invited participants include:

Karen Narasaki, Asian American Justice Center
Rosa Rosales, LULAC
Janet Murguia, NCLR
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
Leith Anderson, National Association of Evangelicals
Lillian Rodriguez Lopez, National Hispanic Leadership Association
Eliseo Medina, SEIU
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO
Angelica Salas, CHIRLA
Gustavo Torres, CASA de Maryland
Juan Rodriguez, Trail of Dreams
Dolores Huerta
Bishop Kicanas, Vice President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum/RI4A
Deepak Barghava, Center for Community Change

On Tuesday President Obama plans to meet with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus at the White House, one source said.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... U5xzE5b--C

More here, including the Monday meeting:

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-204333.html

We must not allow this to happen. DEPORT ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS. WE SUPPORT SB 1070. NO AMNESTY NEVER. WE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO MOVE AHEAD WITH AMNESTY OBAMA. AND WE WILL ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT IN 2012 BECAUSE YOU OBAMA WORK FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. YOU DO NOT WORK FOR AMERICANS. WE DO NOT ACCEPT THAT.

No one but OBL advocates in that group.

Not going to Happen Obama. You had better be telling them to have their illegal invading army behave and begin packing. You had also better DEMAND that Calderon ask all Illegal Mexicans to return to Mexico...

Originally Posted by Tbow009

Not going to Happen Obama. You had better be telling them to have their illegal invading army behave and begin packing. You had also better DEMAND that Calderon ask all Illegal Mexicans to return to Mexico...

MILLIONS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE WITHOUT JOBS, AND ALL THIS SOB IS THINKING ABOUT IS HOW TO LEGALIZE A BUNCH OF UNGRATEFUL MEXICANS WHO ARE HERE IN THE COUNTRY LIVING AND WORKING ILLEGALLY. IF HE DOES THIS, I HOPE HE IS IMPEACHED HE HAD NO BUSINESS MAKING PROMISES THAT HE KNEW HE COULDN'T KEEP. THIS IS NOT HIS COUNTRY ALONE, THIS IS ONE SLICK SOB

The AFL-CIO has now officially sold out It's AMERICAN CITIZEN MEMBERS that made the unions strong for DECADES. Now they are willing to throw their older, QUALIFIED,AND EXPERIENCED MEMBERS under the bus In favor of UNQUALIFIED, ILLITERATE,NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING ILLEGALS so that they can run up their membership numbers. What a sad day for ALL AMERICANS.... TS

There is a whole list of Hispanic organizations...where is the voice for the majority of Americans who DONT WANT AMNESTY?

Why isn't letting anti-American racists dictate our immigration policies and laws considered treason?