Advocates Ask Obama to Stop Raids, Offer Citizenship to Illegal Immigrants

Washington Post ^ | November 11, 2008 | N.C. Aizenman

[HollyButler]

Dozens of immigrant advocates from across the country convened in Washington today to call on President-elect Barack Obama to halt immigration raids, fulfill campaign pledges to revamp the nation's immigration system and offer the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants a path to citizenship within his first year in office. The coalition, which includes activists from Los Angeles, New York and the Washington area, also announced plans to mobilize tens of thousands of immigrants and their supporters for a demonstration on the Mall on Jan. 21, the day after Obama's inauguration.

"We voted in the millions and now we're going to demand progress in the millions," said Angelica Salas, director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, at a news conference to publicize the coalition's efforts.

The last attempt to pass an immigration overhaul in Congress foundered in the spring of 2007 amid a storm of angry phone calls from constituents complaining that the measure amounted to an unacceptable "amnesty" for "lawbreakers." And several members of the coalition acknowledged today that the tanking economy had further complicated their goals.

[HollyButler]

"We voted in the millions and now we're going to demand progress in the millions," said Angelica Salas,-She makes out like only the Hispanics voted and nobody else bothered to show up.That fiqure of 12 million is at best out dated it will be more like 15 million and up

[AirForceMom]

Obamanations voters coming home to roost.

[aWolverine]

Yo quiero a nuevo president.

[K-oneTexas]

Wasn’t that nice ... they waited till Veteran’s Day to ask.

/sarc

[duckman]

Another campaign pledge down the toilet?

[muawiyah]

The unions gave Obama $400,000,000 to campaign with. There are 10,000,000 unemployed Americans standing first in line for all the handouts.

Somehow I think that this cycle the Hispanics are going to have to get in line way back there ~ besides, if Obama needs votes he knows how to make them.

[Emmett McCarthy]

He’ll have ACORN take care of it and register them as Democrats at the same time.

[cripplecreek]

"We voted in the millions and now we're going to demand progress in the millions,"

Admission of guilt?

[chris_bdba]

If illegals voted then they committed felonies. Only US citizens are legally allowed to vote.

[Cheapskate]

That would make a nice picture though.

Imagine the sceneof his aunt watching TV footage of Illegals being hauled off in a raid.

[Penny]

You can reach these people at

http://www.chirla.org/staff

I just scoffed at their demands by way of an e-mail with a riveting subject line to let them know this citizen doesn't cater to demands when millions of people who respect our sovereignty have applied and that we don't cotton to demands for citizenship for people who broke our laws getting here.

I guess you can tell I'm still boiling.

Regards . . . Penny

[PeterFinn]

Yo quiero a nuevo president.

See my tagline and think about it. (-:

[atomic_dog]

halt immigration raids

I bet their salivating about the prospect of moving all the no longer needed ICE agents over to BATFE and sending them out on gun raids.

[Verginius Rufus]

Pelosi is demanding a bailout for the big three auto companies. Steve Moore on FNC pointed out that this is really about helping the unions—they need to companies to stay afloat to keep their jobs. Of course the companies would be more competitive if not for past agreements with the labor unions.

[SMCC1]

Lol, all these “special interest groups” that helped bankroll Barry’s campaign are lining up outside the White House to get their compensation. He’s going to piss off a lot of people if he doesn’t deliver.
You got the Anti-war lobby, the illegal immigrant lobby, the UNIONS, the NARAL/ Planned Parent hood group, moveon.org, etc.

[redgolum]

This might come to bite the dems in the.

Many illegals are very religious and don’t like the sacred cows of the dems.

[pissant]

Just hang in there, you illegals. Obama will follow Mccain’s lead on this one. No worries.

[donaldo]

Illegals to Obama - “We delivered the votes, now we want our stuff.”

[MDformerDem]

Lol, all these “special interest groups” that helped bankroll Barry’s campaign are lining up outside the White House to get their compensation.

What do you think the pecking order is? He can't vote 'present.'

[dandiegirl]

We the people are going to have to stand up like we did last time. O won’t know if it’s democrats or republicans jamming the lines for no amnesty since 80% of Americans are against it.