By Michelle Chen, In These Times
January 11, 2012
ICE officers' union resists reform measures to controversial Secure Communities program, while AFl-CIO wants to end it
Trying to please all at once and disappointing everyone, the White House has long played a game of good-cop-bad-cop on immigration, promising reforms while clinging to some of the cruelest deportation policies.
Meanwhile, President Obama’s delicate waltz around immigration highlights complex frictions within the labor movement on immigration policy—revealing contrasts between immigration enforcement employees and the AFL-CIO leadership. [...]
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http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/12523/struggle_for_immigrants_rights_exposes_contrasts_in_union_politics/
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