Excerpt from President Obama's Interview with Chuck Todd

On NBC's Meet the Press
September 7, 2014

"What-- what I'm saying is that I'm going to act because it's the right thing for the country. But it's going to be more sustainable and more effective if the public understands what the facts are on immigration, what we've done on-- on unaccompanied children, and why it's necessary.

"And you know, the truth of the matter is that the politics did shift midsummer because of that problem. I want to spend some time, even as we're getting all our ducks in a row for the executive action, I also want to make sure that the public understands why we're doing this, why it's the right thing for the American people, why it's the right thing for the American economy."

United We Dream
September 6, 2014

BREAKING: President Obama Agrees to Deport 70,000 More People, Separate Countless More Families

“Obama’s legacy with our communities: deporter. Dreamers are outraged and will take action until our families are safe.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier today, reports announced that President Obama has once again delayed using his indisputable executive authority to provide deportation relief to millions of undocumented immigrants. This clearly political move leaves millions of mothers and fathers under the perpetual threat of deportation.

Cristina Jimenez, Managing Director for United we Dream, issued the following statement,

“The President’s latest broken promise is another slap to the face of the Latino and immigrant community. On June 30, President Obama stood in the Rose Garden and said, ‘If Congress will not do their job, at least we can do ours. I expect [Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice’s] recommendations before the end of summer and I intend to adopt those recommendations without further delay.’ Dreamers have held him accountable at every corner, but the President is more content playing politics with the lives of our families.”

“Where we have demanded leadership and courage from both Democrats and the President, we’ve received nothing but broken promises and a lack of political backbone. To wait nine more weeks means the President has agreed to deport more than 70,000 people, more than 1,100 every day, and continues cementing his legacy as the Deporter-in-Chief.”

“To wait nine more weeks means that I must again look my mother in the eye and see the fear she has about living under the threat of deportation every day. I must tell her that the President and the Democratic Party think that she will have to live with the threat of imminent deportation because Democratic leadership and the President are more interested in politics than in protecting immigrant families.”

“But Dreamers will not soon forget the President and Democrats’ latest failure and their attempts to fool the Latino community, and we remain resolute in fighting for justice for our families. Dreamers across the country will escalate until the moral crisis in our community is lifted and millions of people are liberated from the fear of being torn from their families.”
DREAM Action Coalition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept 6, 2014
CONTACT
Cesar Vargas
Erika Andiola

*** STATEMENT *** 

ANOTHER DELAY, ANOTHER BROKEN PROMISE 

Washington, DC - A day after the President announce that he would act "soon on immigration", the President just announce that he would delay yet another immigration decision to protect families, Erika Andiola & Cesar Vargas, Directors of the DREAM Action Coalition, issued the following statement: 

The President has shown that, once again, he has been scared out of his boots by some of the least reasonable elements within the Republican Party. The Tea Party members, like Rep. Steve King and Senator Sessions from Alabama, have shown who is boss on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This is not just a delay on immigration policy, this is about real families, who will suffer an addition 1,100 deportations per day until he acts" said Cesar Vargas.

Erika Andiola added, "we have a father in detention who won't see his U.S. citizen children. I have my mother who can still be deported this December. The President chose politics over families.This is not a courageous president that stood up to Republican scare tactics, and wrongly persuaded by Democrats that any delay will help them. With this delay the president has broken yet another promise to the Latino community."

"The President has solidified his "Deporter-in-Chief" legacy. He wil be responsbile for ripping families apart from now until he acts," said Erika Andiola."