Excellent oped from @AliciaMenendez: “The big question is whether the administration has the fortitude to continue to act boldly in the face of the political attacks it is facing on immigration.” (Fwiw I would quibble with the word ‘continue’ here) msnbc.com/opinion/biden-…
@AliciaMenendez “'Promises are not enough,' said @lorellapraeli. “We need to pass legislation this year. The WH must *start* working with Democrats to make sure that citizenship for essential workers, undocumented youth, TPS holders and farmworkers are included in the infrastructure package.'”
@AliciaMenendez@lorellapraeli Despite all the dizzying spin after yesterday’s speech, we still do not know whether Biden intends to use political capital to add legalization provisions into the next infrastructure bill. This question is of vital importance.
And assuming he does add amnesty down payments for DACA, TPS, and farmworkers in 50 vote package— which we should demand and legitimately expect— then what next administratively for the millions of others *promised* eventual citizenship in Biden’s own base bill?
Will Biden exercise discretion & use existing statutory authority to offer liminal protections for everyone? (fwiw- @lorellapraeli, @kalhan, @SirineShebaya and I will discuss these & other topics related to admin and legislative advocacy next Fri at @UCLAImmigration conference)
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Tuning-in NOW to watch @ahilan_toolong and @AliMayorkas enter into important dialogue assessing Biden Admin’s record on immigration in first 100 days. Might even do a little live tweeting… #CILP100@UCLAImmigration
@ahilan_toolong@AliMayorkas@UCLAImmigration@cspan Shout out to the DEAN of Public Interest legal education, Cathy Mayorkas, known as an amazing door-opener throughout the West Coast… Big props to Cathy!
I am only sharing this thread (which is riddled with a mixture of falsehoods and semi-valid points) to illustrate a contradictory conflict that exists between Democratic establishment CIR campaign and the Sanders campaign. So here’s my own mini-thread on this… /1
First, I’ll demur on what to do about the the Lou Dobbs footage. It is truthfully troubling to see Sanders’ validating Dobbs’ racism, both with his presence on the show and with irksome his nods of agreement. Hopefully, if asked, Sanders will express regret the appearance. /2
2nd, I have to set the record straight: Progressives did NOT kill the 07 bill. That accusation, to borrow Simon’s rhetoric, is bulls-t. It’s a pernicious lie that has spread for years with very real consequences for those of us who are on the receiving end. It’s gotta stop. /3
All these years later, and just months ahead of a monumental SCOTUS decision, @jonfavs continues to be either ignorant or dishonest or both about DACA. THREAD on why this is so annoying, and more importantly, why it matters. /1
@jonfavs Here’s what he said yesterday: “[T]hinking back on our immigration policy, for example, like, we had to wait until the second term to do the DACA EO […] and when you ask people why we did it take so long do x,y, and z, the only reason is cuz well the lawyers said no, no, no.” /2
Here’s the link to his discussion with @chrislhayesart19.com/shows/why-is-t…
(I'll return to Hayes later in the thread because his failure to ask a simple follow-up question about this is emblematic of MSNBCs failure to seriously cover immigrant rights for over a decade…). /3
Here is a thread with a few thoughts on the immigration discussion last night…. /1
First, YES to more questions about President Obama’s catastrophic failure on immigration. There should be more discussion about his deportation policy, legislative approach, & political strategy. If we don’t get this empirical diagnosis right, we are doomed to repeat failure. /2
On this, if Biden is just gonna demur by claiming dude-bro level fealty to his former boss, then he needs to be asked what, if any, will be the proper role for his VP in developing and implementing immigration, refugee, and border policy. /3