{"id":1400,"date":"2012-12-01T09:21:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T17:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.malcs.org\/archive-2017\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2012-12-03T18:54:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T02:54:05","slug":"young-immigrants-say-its-obamas-time-to-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2012\/12\/01\/young-immigrants-say-its-obamas-time-to-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Immigrants Say It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Time to Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chair Theresa Delgadillo writes: <\/em><\/p>\n

You might be interested in this article (New York Times<\/a>) on the anatomy of the Dreamers movement — and how all those protests against specific deportations last academic year fed into a campaign to push for Executive action. \u00c2\u00a0Here at OSU, students organized a small but successful candlelight vigil against a deportation from Ohio.<\/p>\n

It has been a good year for young immigrants living in the country without legal papers, the ones who call themselves Dreamers.<\/p>\n

Members of United We Dream protested outside a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz., in February. The group is meeting this weekend. \u00c2\u00a0Their protests and pressure helped push President Obama to offer many of them reprieves from deportation. So far about 310,000 youths have emerged from the shadows to apply, with numbers rising rapidly.<\/p>\n

Door-knocking campaigns led by those immigrants, who could not vote, mobilized many Latinos who could, based in no small part on the popularity of the reprieve program. After Latinos rewarded Mr. Obama with 71 percent of their votes, the president said one of the first items on his agenda next year would be a bill to legalize 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States, which would offer a path to citizenship for young people.<\/p>\n

Behind the political momentum, administration officials and advocates say, is an extensive and surprisingly adroit movement of youthful immigrants. Because of their illegal status, however, they have often been more influential than they have been visible. In the past two years, they pursued their goal of legal recognition through a calibrated strategy of quiet negotiations, public \u00e2\u20ac\u0153coming-out\u00e2\u20ac\u009d events where youths declared their status, and escalating street protests.<\/p>\n

Now, movement leaders say, it is payback time. When Congress last debated broad reform, in 2007, populist energy was on the side of those opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants. Angry resistance from Republicans defeated a legalization proposal by President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n

This time the young immigrants are the rising force, and they seek legislation to give them a direct and permanent path to citizenship. But recalling that Mr. Obama also promised at the start of his first term to move swiftly on immigration overhaul, they say their attitude toward him is wait-and-see.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153People are not going to hug the president right now,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Carlos Saavedra, 26, an immigrant from Peru and national coordinator of United We Dream, the largest network of young immigrants here illegally. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They are waiting for him to take some action.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

This weekend, United We Dream will gather more than 600 leaders (most still without legal status) from 30 states at a meeting in Kansas City, Mo., to work out their strategy to keep the heat on the White House and Congress during the coming immigration fight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Chair Theresa Delgadillo writes: You might be interested in this article (New York Times) on the anatomy of the Dreamers movement — and how all those protests against specific deportations last academic year fed into a campaign to push for Executive action. \u00c2\u00a0Here at OSU, students organized a small but successful candlelight vigil against a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general-news","7":"entry","8":"override"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2096,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2017\/09\/19\/statement-from-the-mujeres-activas-en-letras-y-cambio-social-malcs-regarding-the-abolishment-of-the-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca-program\/","url_meta":{"origin":1400,"position":0},"title":"Statement from the Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) regarding the abolishment of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program","author":"la Webjefa","date":"September 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Statement from the Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) regarding the abolishment of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program \u00c2\u00a0September 13, 2017 \u00c2\u00a0 The Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social expresses its deep opposition to the announcement ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Announcements"","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1299,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2012\/09\/01\/in-the-news-immigration-michelle-obama\/","url_meta":{"origin":1400,"position":1},"title":"In the news: Immigration & Michelle Obama","author":"la Webjefa","date":"September 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In case you missed them..... 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