Posted on 11/11/2014 10:15:48 AM PST by jazusamo
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Mary Kay Henry, international president of the Service Employees International Union, spoke at a press conference on Nov. 6, 2014 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., urging President Barack Obama to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens in the United States. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)
(CNSNews.com) – The chief of an international labor union said on Thursday that the Republicans are “bullying” President Barack Obama about taking executive action that would grant amnesty to millions of people who are in the country illegally.
“Republican leaders are already playing politics by trying to stop the president from taking administrative action,” Mary Kay Henry, international president of the Service Employees International Union, said at a press conference where she was joined by many illegal aliens at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
“Sen. McConnell had the nerve to say that [Obama] would be waving a red flag in front of a bull if he decided to act,” Henry said. “Their game of bullying and politics forces millions of immigrant families to wait in fear of separation and living in the shadows every day.”
Addressing the group as “brothers and sisters,” Henry said the Republicans are to blame for not rubber-stamping the amnesty bill the Senate passed in June that would have allowed millions of illegal aliens a “pathway to citizenship.”
“America’s working families know what an incredible asset immigrant communities are to the nation’s workforce and economy,” Henry said. “We also know who is to blame for refusing to pass common sense immigration reform – Republican congressional leadership.
“Yesterday as Republican congressional leaders issued threats, President Obama reiterated his determination to do what he could within his authority to provide relief for our country’s immigrant families and communities as soon as possible,” Henry said.
“We fully support the president’s commitment, and it is urgently needed,” Henry said. “Millions of immigrants need to be brought out of the shadows and into the light of our economy and democracy through bold and decisive action from the president.”
But while Henry and other members of the “Alliance for Citizenship,” including Rich Trumka, international president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), want the president to give temporary legal status to those who would have gained that status if the Senate bill was also passed in the House, some at the press conference want to stop all deportations of illegal aliens.
As CNSNews.com reported earlier, one illegal alien or Dreamer who got temporary legal status when Obama signed the executive order known as Deferred Action for Children Arrivals or DACA, expressed her support for amnesty for all.
Cristina Jimenez said at the event she was “representing Dreamers all across the country and our families.”
“We won’t stop organizing and advocating until all the members of our communities and families are protected from deportation,” said Jimenez, who is managing director of United We Dream.
“We’re here to hold the president accountable to his promise to take executive action, and we’re here to call on the president to deliver relief of deportation for millions in our communities,” Jimenez said, adding that this should include parents of Dreamers, workers, and members of the LGBT community.
“All of them should be protected, Mr. President,” Jimenez said.
The BS is flowing thick from this one....
Americans on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder have to compete with cheap Chinese labor in manufacturing and imported 3rd world labor form Mexico and beyond. What a great country we (used to) have.
Nor would I. This commie Henry has joined commie Trumka on undercutting their own union members and American citizens.
I find it hard to believe the rank and file in any union are happy about this.
A union boss complaining about “bullying”?? Pot . . . . Kettle . . .
SEIU. ROTFL!!! A bunch of freeloading commie clowns.
Another gorgeous liberal hag heard from.......
I wish someone would do more than “bully” this pos.
Only illiterate illegals would join a corrupt Leftist union like SEIU. Anyone who can read is smart enough not to give this bunch of crooks a cut of their paycheck.
Looked her up: “Henry is a lesbian, and co-founder of SEIU’s Lavender Caucus, a gay and lesbian group within the international union dedicated to improving rights for LGBTQ people within unions and at the workplace.[1][4][6][13][28] She and her partner, Paula Macchello (a senior strategic organizer with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters), are both advocates for same-sex marriage.[3][35] She has discussed using her leadership position to advocate for LGBT rights.[4]”
Another militant lesbian in power. What else would she spew?
Obama is a psychopath which means he has no conscience.
What do you do with someone who has no conscience?
You box him in so he does the least damage possible.
If he were a convicted criminal you could lock him up and throw away the key, but he is free and out in the open.
There is only one thing to do - ya go toe to toe with him and stop everything he wants to do to ruin America.
You NEVER, EVER give in to him.
He is on another playing field working with another set of rules.
So, you force him to play on YOUR field and then beat the crap out of him.
They made the choice. Nobody forced them here.............................
She also looks like a blood relative to Rachael Maddow.
The Republicans want to keep him around until 2016 elections. They need him to keep doing what he’s doing as an example..................
Hey, MORON. To quote your Dear Leader’s snide comment of around 6 years ago “ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. WE WON”.
(It’s still too early to tell but I pray that’s right!)
Correct. The problem is the GOP refuses to fight and many in the base, lacking a spine of their own, don’t have it in them to MAKE the GOP fight. They make excuses for why the GOP can’t, won’t or should wait for a better time that has not yet arrived in 30 years.
So who fights?
America’s working families know what an incredible asset immigrant communities are to the nation’s workforce and economy,” Henry said.”
Well, Henry should call FOX news and ask to come on and explain, in a very detailed way, exactly how this will improve the lives of the average American.
How exactly will it benefit the American workforce? How does it help our economy?
Is America hurting due to a lack of unskilled, uneducated illiterates, that don’t speak our language? Has Henry bothered to check the urban areas to see if the current supply of illiterates was adequate to fill our needs?
I just don’t understand why any organization would elect an openly gay person as their leader, by all accounts they’re only 2% to 4% of the population and that figure is probably high.
The LGBT thing comes first with those that come out and people should start realizing that.
Lewis Carroll move over you've been outdone.
If Mary Kay Henry gets run over by an illegal alien drunk driver, the needle on my “give a crap” meter will not budge.
If a member of the GOP does not stand straight, we encourage him until he does.
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