Friday, November 15, 2013

Obama renews immigration call, but ignores deportation crisis

By Richard Trumka, People's World
October 24 2013

The following is a statement released by the president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, on President Barack Obama's speech, calling on Congress to pass immigration reform.

Today millions of immigrants received needed reassurance from the president that despite chaos in Washington, immigration reform can get done. We commend President Obama for renewing his commitment to passing immigration reform this year and urging Republicans in the House to act quickly. As pointed out by the president our current system, which allows businesses that exploit workers through wage theft, lack of benefits and intimidation, is unfair to all workers and unfair to responsible businesses that play by the rules. Republicans who support business should be able to get behind this. [...]

Read the full article:
http://peoplesworld.org/obama-renews-immigration-call-but-ignores-deportation-crisis/

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