Hillary Clinton Calls for End to Immigration Raids

[Purveyor]

Source: NBC News

by Suzanne Gamboa

Democrat Hillary Clinton on Monday called on the Obama administration to stop raids at homes of Central American immigrant families and provide attorneys for all children who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border without parents.

Clinton had been facing criticism from her Democratic primary rivals Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley for not taking a tough stand against the raids that the administration began New Year's weekend and have led to the arrest of at least 121 individuals.

She issued the call Monday night to coincide with her appearance at Iowa's "Brown & Black Forum." The forum, which began in 1984, allowed for each Democratic candidate to separately address minority communities and respond to questions from journalists and the audience. A Republican version was to be held but was canceled.

Related: DHS Announces Arrests, Deportations As Groups Scramble to Warn Immigrants

The immigration raids Clinton criticized have targeted families that arrived in the U.S. since may 2014, when the country saw tens of thousands of Central American immigrants arrive at the border seeking refuge from violence and economic conditions in their country.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/hillary-clinton-calls-end-immigration-raids-n494446

[trillion]

1. I would like to see Bernie join her. She's right on this though she's probably doing it to get the

Latino vote. I don't trust her for it to be more than lip service if she gets elected. I would hope she'd mean it, but then I lost total faith in her when she was in congress, gave lip service and voted against the liberal dems on nearly every single issue.

[a2liberal]

5. join her?

Bernie has already been speaking out against the raids. It is Clinton who just joined him (which I applaud).

Clinton had been facing criticism from her Democratic primary rivals Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley for not taking a tough stand against the raids

[MisterP]

11. that's how the media coverup works: Sanders' position is ignored, Clinton gets the headline

a week or a month later, any subsequent Sanders stories make it sound like he's catching up

[trillion]

12. Cool, thanks. I hadn't seen that he dicussed the raids. I keep seeing him discuss income equality.

[a2liberal]

13. He actually talks about all sorts of issues

There's a Clintonite meme that he only cares about economic issues, but it's not true.

Check out his Facebook page where he posts on various issues: https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders

I think Facebook doesn't show everything... I remember seeing a video on there of him speaking about the raids. But here's a news story from December:

[Kelvin Mace]

10. Huh?

He and O'Malley were the first out of the blocks.

[SunSeeker]

2. K & R

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Trump's head just exploded.....

There's hair EVERYWHERE.

[riversedge]

6. Hillary Clinton: Immigration raids are sowing discord and fear among

Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 8h8 hours ago

Immigration raids are sowing discord and fear among our communities. We should end them. #DemForum

[Morganfleeman]

7. Sorry but

These are people who have been ordered by an immigration judge to be deported. Either they've made a case and a judge deemed them ineligible to stay or they just didn't show up to court.

If the latter, I would support the opportunity for these people to make their case, but if the former, they've been afforded due process and the administration is enforcing a administrative law judge's order, which is as valid as any other legal determination by a judge and should be enforced.

[Doctor_J]

8. she's funny.

Which of Sanders positions will she adopt next?

[Uponthegears]

9. Yes, it does come

almost a week late. Yes, it is one of the two issues where Hillary can join progressives without alienating her Rockefeller Republican fan base.

BUT this is a matter of fundamental human rights and, REGARDLESS OF HER MOTIVE, I cannot be happier that Hillary can FEEL THE BERN on this one.