National Immigration Advocates and Ohio Families Decry Political Gamesmanship, Highlight Real Human Costs of Obama’s Delay To listen to a recording of today’s call, click here. With President Obama’s decision to delay executive action on immigration until after the November elections, the hopes of thousands of American families facing...
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President Obama’s decision to delay executive action last weekend underscored how long the Hispanic community has been waiting for immigration reform, and how often the issue has been punted. On the Colbert Report last night, Stephen Colbert aired a painful segment emphasizing just how long it’s been. Running clips demonstrating...
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Must-read today is Julia Preston’s New York Times story about Pedro, Seleste, and their children, an Ohio family that we’ve written about many times before. Last weekend, President Obama announced that he would be delaying his long-anticipated executive action on immigration. While many commentators have written about the political ramifications of...
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Between now and Obama’s new “deadline” for taking executive action on immigration, 70,000 immigrants could be torn apart from their families, thanks to the nation’s broken immigration system. Pedro could be deported. So could many others whose loved ones are one unlucky traffic stop from removal. This message was underscored today...
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The consensus is that President Obama has delayed taking executive action on immigration because of political concerns — namely, to protect Senate Democrats facing tough reelection campaigns this fall. But Latino voters are a kingmaking demographic, and 2014 is no exception. A Latino Decisions poll found that without executive action,...
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Over the weekend, President Obama announced that he is delaying his highly anticipated announcement on executive action until after the midterm elections, and the pro-reform community exploded in furor. Today, our own Frank Sharry of America’s Voice, Erika Andiola of DRM Action, and Angela Kelley of the Center for American...
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Immigration reform advocates are furious that President Obama has once again chosen to delay taking executive action on immigration reform and providing relief for millions of families. They are calling out President Obama for his misguided political calculation, poor timing, and lack of sympathy for the tens of thousands...
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La Opinion, Telemundo and Univision Criticize Broken Promise, While Recent Latino Polling Shows Missed Political Opportunity President Obama’s announced delay of immigration executive action is being greeted harshly by leading Spanish language media outlets. Check out the blistering headlines from the past few days in the nation’s largest Spanish...
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Washington, DC – As news reports today confirm, President Obama will officially delay his announcement on executive action until after the 2014 elections. Following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “We are bitterly disappointed in the President and we are bitterly disappointed in the...
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President Obama has made many promises on immigration reform — from 2008, when he was a candidate speaking to the National Council of La Raza, to earlier this year, when he gave a Rose Garden speech announcing forthcoming executive action on immigration and deportations. Yet no relief for immigrant...
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