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In reply to the discussion: Hopes Frustrated, Many Latinos Reject the Ballot Box Altogether [View all]xchrom
(108,903 posts)34. deportations have a lot to do with this --How President Obama Can Curb Deportations Now
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-w-murphy/how-president-obama-can-c_b_5062920.html
President Obama is presiding over a broken immigration system that has deported two million human beings since he assumed office in 2009. It is a horrific figure that we too often forget represents incalculable human suffering, including an estimated 150,000 U.S. citizen children who had a parent deported in FY 2012 alone. In fact, the Obama administration has already deported more human beings than George W. Bush did in eight years and more than double the number of people Bill Clinton deported.
Actually, it's more than any president ever, which is why the president's immigration allies are fast becoming adversaries.
Two weeks ago, the president barely avoided a resolution from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which was about to formally criticize his administration's staggering number of deportations. In early March, Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)--three members of the Senate's Gang of Eight immigration reform negotiators--also criticized the president's deportation record by calling on him to slow down the pace of his administration's deportations. Things have gotten so bad that the National Council of La Raza has rightly dubbed President Obama the "deporter-in-chief."
In the face of this intense heat, the president has asked Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to undertake a review of the administration's deportation priorities and policies, so they can be executed in a more humane manner. To curb the record-level deportations, the president should immediately undertake the following actions to help fix America's disastrous immigration system.
High rate of deportations continue under Obama despite Latino disapproval
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/09/19/high-rate-of-deportations-continue-under-obama-despite-latino-disapproval/
In an interview with Telemundos Jose Diaz-Balart on Tuesday, President Obama said that it would be difficult to halt the deportation of immigrants living in the country illegally without the approval of Congress.
Immigration rights advocates have pushed the president to halt deportations through an executive order, especially of immigrants who havent committed any serious crimes.
Last summer the administration did just this for young unauthorized immigrants brought to the country illegally as children with the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Known as DREAMers, more than 500,000 young unauthorized immigrants have taken advantage of the administrations program. Our 2012 survey of Hispanic adults found wide approval (89% approved of this new policy). A Pew Research Center survey of the general U.S. public found that 63% of U.S. adults approved of this program as well.
But deportations of unauthorized immigrants continue at record levels. In 2011 some 392,000 immigrants were removed from the U.S., according to the Department of Homeland Security. Among them, 48% were deported for breaking U.S. laws, such as drug trafficking, driving under the influence and entering the country illegally.
President Obama is presiding over a broken immigration system that has deported two million human beings since he assumed office in 2009. It is a horrific figure that we too often forget represents incalculable human suffering, including an estimated 150,000 U.S. citizen children who had a parent deported in FY 2012 alone. In fact, the Obama administration has already deported more human beings than George W. Bush did in eight years and more than double the number of people Bill Clinton deported.
Actually, it's more than any president ever, which is why the president's immigration allies are fast becoming adversaries.
Two weeks ago, the president barely avoided a resolution from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which was about to formally criticize his administration's staggering number of deportations. In early March, Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)--three members of the Senate's Gang of Eight immigration reform negotiators--also criticized the president's deportation record by calling on him to slow down the pace of his administration's deportations. Things have gotten so bad that the National Council of La Raza has rightly dubbed President Obama the "deporter-in-chief."
In the face of this intense heat, the president has asked Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to undertake a review of the administration's deportation priorities and policies, so they can be executed in a more humane manner. To curb the record-level deportations, the president should immediately undertake the following actions to help fix America's disastrous immigration system.
High rate of deportations continue under Obama despite Latino disapproval
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/09/19/high-rate-of-deportations-continue-under-obama-despite-latino-disapproval/
In an interview with Telemundos Jose Diaz-Balart on Tuesday, President Obama said that it would be difficult to halt the deportation of immigrants living in the country illegally without the approval of Congress.
Immigration rights advocates have pushed the president to halt deportations through an executive order, especially of immigrants who havent committed any serious crimes.
Last summer the administration did just this for young unauthorized immigrants brought to the country illegally as children with the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Known as DREAMers, more than 500,000 young unauthorized immigrants have taken advantage of the administrations program. Our 2012 survey of Hispanic adults found wide approval (89% approved of this new policy). A Pew Research Center survey of the general U.S. public found that 63% of U.S. adults approved of this program as well.
But deportations of unauthorized immigrants continue at record levels. In 2011 some 392,000 immigrants were removed from the U.S., according to the Department of Homeland Security. Among them, 48% were deported for breaking U.S. laws, such as drug trafficking, driving under the influence and entering the country illegally.
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K&R. Thank you for posting this. It's been a wait of FIVE years for immigration reform, with no
lunamagica
Mar 2014
#2
Excuse me, I'm not the president who promised as a candidate to pass immigration reform during his
lunamagica
Mar 2014
#13
So presidential candidates should never talk about healthcare, immigration, or the minimum wage
bornskeptic
Mar 2014
#56
Well, there's some mighty ripe bullpucky.. looks like you're the one "flinging the poo".. ugh.
Cha
Apr 2014
#127
Are you arguing against immigration reform then, 'because it's too hard'? It will ALWAYS be hard.
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#45
He was not elected with THIS Congress, he had manorities in both branches...
Demo_Chris
Apr 2014
#132
Another republican bullshit ass'd talking point, he did NOT have CONTROLLING... CONTROLLING majority
uponit7771
Apr 2014
#150
Why didn't they do this when they had the majority? Surely Obama was calling them daily, right? nt
Demo_Chris
Apr 2014
#135
All Dems Lady Freedom Returns.. but some will continue ignoring this and whine on about the DEMS. nt
Cha
Apr 2014
#167
So you're saying all these Latino voters are disenchanted because of criticisms posted here?
Scuba
Mar 2014
#6
So NOW you will block me? would be really great if you followed through on your threat. n/t
Sheepshank
Mar 2014
#115
Your Truth...you don't speak for everyone. Stop thinking of yourself on such a grand scale
Sheepshank
Mar 2014
#89
It's the white flag waving in the middle of a bar fight just to score a weenie point
BeyondGeography
Mar 2014
#57
+10000 Obama's 2015 budget continues an unconscionable, arbitrary quota for private prison beds
woo me with science
Apr 2014
#144
Short of passing reform, Obama could try not being the "deporter in chief."
Comrade Grumpy
Apr 2014
#141
Being the party of "Deporter in Chief" doesn't sell well to the victims.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2014
#28
Yep. Of late, it has been the season for Loyalty Oaths and condemnation of critics.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2014
#87
Wow, this nugget in the 7th paragraph of the article should give us pause:
beerandjesus
Mar 2014
#30
I'll shoulder the blame. The BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was my fault too. I drive an SUV.
Scuba
Mar 2014
#35
You'd almost believe that considering the uproar you get here when the Prez is criticized.
Scuba
Mar 2014
#80
A Plea to my Latino brothers and sisters. Do not forsake the ballot box. We all need you.
kelliekat44
Mar 2014
#31
So sitting home and not voting for candidates who will support their efforts and allowing
kelliekat44
Mar 2014
#100
deportations have a lot to do with this --How President Obama Can Curb Deportations Now
xchrom
Mar 2014
#34
My concern is that the "negative" will be disenchanted Latino voters staying home.
Scuba
Mar 2014
#41
That's a concern. It can be countered by stressing that Republicans "have buried the Senate bill"
ProSense
Mar 2014
#42
Actually, deportations have gone way up under President Obama, with no change in law.
Scuba
Mar 2014
#51
It does NOT prove they don't care. It proves they don't see enough difference between the Parties.
Scuba
Mar 2014
#123
So what differences are they supposed to notice? That one party is dead-set against ...
Scuba
Apr 2014
#129
Ironically, Bush was fighting his own party on this one until 9-11 ended all that...
Demo_Chris
Apr 2014
#136
That is directly related to the increased numbers of agents and supporting infrastructure. Beginning
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#96
Well, we've got another corpo-Dem lined up to face Walker this fall. Sure hope she can win.
Scuba
Mar 2014
#107
I won't concede that a "more leftward" candidate can't win when the turnout is 50%, even less.
Scuba
Mar 2014
#109
I know I'm in the minority for this and probably will be banned by some of you but
WilmywoodNCparalegal
Mar 2014
#120
So the takeaway from this thread is that politician's shouldn't campaign on an issue...
brooklynite
Apr 2014
#130
I believe the take-away is that if you want voters to support you, you have to fight for them ....
Scuba
Apr 2014
#131
Yes, those 50 votes showed the idiotic tea party that someone was fighting for them
Autumn
Apr 2014
#169
Not all Senate Dems are probably willing to vote for an immigration bill over and over.
amandabeech
Apr 2014
#152