Pro-Obama Group Enters Immigration Fray

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Source: NYT

Organizing for Action, the political group that grew out of President Obama’s successful re-election campaign machinery, will jump into the immigration debate this week with an aggressive online effort to highlight the personal stories of immigrants.

The group has collected 7,000 stories from supporters, some of whom entered the country illegally or were brought as young children by their parents. Organizers say they will distribute the stories using Twitter, Facebook and blogs beginning this week.

The idea, officials with the group said, is to demonstrate support for efforts in Congress to overhaul immigration laws in ways that would provide 11 million illegal immigrants with a path to citizenship.

That legislative effort, which Mr. Obama backs, is nearing a key moment. Early next month, a bipartisan group of eight senators is expected to unveil a bill in the hope that it will win support from members of both parties in the House and the Senate.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/us/politics/organizing-for-action-group-joins-immigration-fray.html

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1. So where are they on shooting down the chained CPI and other budget nonsense????

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2. 100% amnesty, 100% citizenship, 100% voting cards

but I am not greedy, will take less, as I don't insist on 100% of anything because it is not attainable.

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3. That's the best position to start the negotiation since you know the repubs will be for 0% amnesty,

0% citizenship and 0% voting cards. We may not get 100% of each but that should be our goal and, if that's not obtainable it should be very clear that republicans were the ones who stood in the way.