Pres. Of Latino Advocacy Group, Frustrated With Deportations, Calls Obama The 'Deporter-In-Chief'
Presidents George W. Bush, and Barack Obama have two things in common. They are both known as Commander-In-Chief, and they both have a record in deporting illegal immigrants. But President Obama has stood out recently for his new title, "Deporter-in-chief."
The "Deporter-in-chief" title was coined by the president of a popular Latino advocacy group, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Janet Murguía. Murguía was speaking at the annual Capital Awards dinner. This comes as surprise because Murguía is one of the president's biggest supporters.
The Miami Herald reported that Murguía denounced the president's deportation of two million immigrants. And, Murguía is also angry and frustrated with Republicans for stalling on immigration. Murguía stated that the bill has been languishing for eight months, after the senate passed a bipartisan and comprehensive bill.
"Any day now the president will reach the two million mark for deportations," Murguía said. "It is a staggering number that outstrips any of his predecessors, and leaves behind it a wake of devastation for families across America," she added.
The break between the NCLR and the president is significant, reported CBS News. The current Director of the president's Domestic Policy Council, Cecelia Munoz, served as NCLR's Senior Vice President for the Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation.
Murguía and others continue to press Congress to offer some kind of legislative relief for illegal immigrants.
The Economist offered some solutions on immigration; they are some strong economic arguments in favor of a more liberal immigration policy. For example, perhaps the U.S. should support more technology experts, those who earn science degrees, and those who come to the U.S. as students.
There is one in place, known as STEM; it supports international students who come to the U.S. to study science, technology, engineering and math related degrees.
While the U.S. has a warranted reluctance to allow foreign graduates to stay in the country, it could perhaps be made more attractive for international graduates to stay, then the U.S. could find the future Satya Nadella, the India-born boss of Microsoft.
President Obama remains firm on his immigration stance. After the president was heckled by a young undocumented student during a speech early last year, the president responded.
"If I could in fact solve all of the problems without passing laws in Congress, then I would do so. But we are also a nation of laws, that's part of our tradition. And so the easy way out would be to yell and pretend like I can do something by violating our laws," Obama said.
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