Bernie Sanders says he’d use executive orders to spur immigration reform

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Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders told an invite-only group of Latino activists and politicians Wednesday night that he plans to use executive orders as a means of bypassing Congress to guarantee a path to legalization for millions of undocumented immigrants.

Sanders spoke to a crowd of supporters at the Village Leadership Academy near the UIC campus, flanked on stage by progressive activists such as Atlanta rapper Killer Mike, academic Cornel West, and Ben and Jerry's cofounder Ben Cohen.

But hours before Sanders reached the stage, he met with community members at Little Village's El Pollo Feliz restaurant.

Sanders first spoke against economic injustice and in favor of increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Then a community organizer forced Sanders into a discussion on immigration, according to several people who attended the meeting. Tania Unzueta, an undocumented immigrant and cofounder of Immigrant Youth Justice League, asked Sanders how he planned to bring comprehensive immigration reform if he were elected as president.

Sanders then proposed to use executive orders to broaden President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA). Sanders said he believes this plan to be within the scope of presidential powers.

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[libdem4life]

1. A real immigration plan to keep families together will earn many Latino voters. Now he's talking

about an Executive Order...presidential talk. Plus the You-know-who's hair will be even more on fire.

I taught in a Mexican-American suburb of Los Angeles. By far, they were among the best and most courteous students and cooperative families...those had just come over the border.