Koch-backed group launches ad to pressure Congress to protect dreamers

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post




By Michelle Ye Hee Lee February 26 at 6:00 AM

A group backed by the influential Koch network on Monday launched a digital ad pushing for permanent relief for undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children, as the group increases pressure on Congress to protect “dreamers.”

The ad, titled “We Are Patriots,” will run on Facebook, Twitter and Google. It highlights “dreamers” as Americans and patriots and incorporates messages of economic and family values as an appeal to conservative audiences.

This is the first ad campaign specifically on the fate of dreamers by the LIBRE Initiative, one of a constellation of groups funded through the Koch network, and its first major immigration ad push since the Gang of 8 immigration negotiations in 2013.

Monday’s ad launch is a part of the group’s broader immigration advocacy on behalf of hundreds of thousands of dreamers, who could face deportation as soon as March 5. The LIBRE Initiative is mobilizing grass-roots activists in 11 states and the District, targeting Spanish-language media and advocating on Capitol Hill.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/02/26/koch-backed-group-launches-ad-to-pressure-congress-to-protect-dreamers

[Leftofinsane]

1. I don't trust

anything the Koch groups say. Probably just an attempt to put lipstick on a pig.

[beachbum bob]

2. self serving as some in business see the potential loss of 100's of thousands of workers as a threat

to their bottom line as companies would have to pay more for new employees AS WELL as increasing pay to their existing ones... Thru even the crazy reality of many conservatives who also run businesses, this fact can not be denied.

not a chance is being done for "goodwill" or being "the right thing to do"

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[beachbum bob]

4. businesses would sooner or later enter into this issue, anything that will cause them to raise

worker's pay AND competition for workers is always bad for them. I'm sure we will see more involvement.

[titaniumsalute]

5. Mythinks the Kochs employ numerous dreamers and immigrants