By Washington Post: President Obama's decision to delay executive action on immigration reform until after the midterms in November might not save the Democratic party its majority in the Senate, or lead to the sort of inclusive and robust overhaul the president promised earlier this summer.
The fear among immigration advocates is that reform has taken a back seat. “It’s just really, really ridiculous to see that they’re basically once again throwing the Latino community under the bus when it comes to politics,” Erika Andiola, co-director of the Dream Action Coalition, told The Washington Post on Saturday. "Why are we being thrown under the bus just to keep the Senate, when they can’t even prove that it’s going to hurt the Senate?" Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/09/why-putting-off-immigration-reform-wont-make-it-any-easier/
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