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Apr
In recent weeks, unified opposition to the Obama Administration’s deportation policy has resulted in hurried meetings at the White House meant to divide the immigrant rights movement, as the Obama administration has rushed to fend off mounting criticism by arguing that its deportation record is not as bad as it looks. We can expect more top-down pressure on opinion-makers in an attempt to contravene growing pressure that is being built from the bottom-up. Read more
Welcome to the chaotic Department of Homeland Security..
Two unions — representing nearly 20,000 DHS employees —recently joined forces to publicly oppose the Senate immigration reform bill from the so-called “Gang of Eight.”
Senate Judiciary Committee approves immigration legislation
The coalition represents 12,000 employees who are responsible for issuing documents that allow some immigrants to legally stay in the United States and 7,700 agents charged with deporting illegal immigrants out of the country. Together, the unions claim that the bill would weaken public safety.
What makes this situation awkward is that President Barack Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano have given tacit support to the Senate immigration reform bill. Obama has said that a pathway to citizenship must be included in any reform proposal. And as recently as last month, White House press secretary Jay Carney said that White House staffers had months ago huddled with the eight senators to help draft the legislation. Read more