La Raza: Five Million the 'Floor' of What We Want to See
Obama Do
by Caroline May 26 Aug 2014
The White House has indicated that President Obama will
take some kind of executive action on immigration at the end of summer, but the
administration has been tight-lipped about the specifics of such a move.
Reports have indicated that the executive action could
provide legalization for some five million undocumented immigrants already in
the United States – something Lisa Navarrete, adviser to the president of La Raza,
explained to Breitbart News in a Tuesday interview would be welcome but really
the “floor” number of what her group is looking to accomplish.
“We have been very clear with the President that if he is
going to do this, he should be bold, and the population of people who would be
covered under the Senate bill that’s just been waiting one House vote to pass
would be a good starting point,” she said, referring to the Senate immigration
bill that would have provided undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship.
“All they have heard is what we would like to see, and I
think that is pretty much the case with everybody who has been pushing for
executive action on this,” she said. “We’re in the same boat as everybody
else.”
Navarrete explained that to La Raza and others immigration
reform is inevitable, and given its inevitability, wasting time and resources
waiting is not wise.
“We believe it just doesn’t make a lot of sense for our
government – if we’re on the cusp of passing comprehensive immigration reform – that we should be spending resources on people
who might otherwise be eligible for relief in a larger bill,” she said. “We
believe that comprehensive reform is going to happen, whether it’s next year or
the year after we don’t know, but it is going to happen, and there are a number
of people here who would be eligible under the parameters of the Senate bill.”
She described how the White House has listened to La Raza
but kept their cards close to the vest, not betraying any details of what Obama
might do.
“I would compare it to a kid asking his parents for
Christmas [presents], and they are like, ‘Okay, here is your letter to Santa,
and we’ll take that under advisement,’” she said.
“All we know is the President wants to act; he wants to act
soon. What it’s going to look like and who is going to be affected by it, we
have no idea,” Navarrete continued.
Of the political concerns with Obama taking bold unilateral
action in an election year, Navarrete said La Raza is focused on the
bottom-line policy issue.
“We just feel that the situation – we’ve been saying it for
some time – is at a crisis point. And that’s not our calculation,” she said.
Navarrete noted, however, that recent exit polls among
non-Latinos have not shown as much interest in the immigration issue.
“For the Latino community, it makes a huge difference. So
that’s why... for us, it’s much more a topic for 2016 and the Republican intransigence,”
she said, arguing that from La Raza’s perspective they “are completely botching
the issue, and that’s going to have enormous political costs. Whether it’s the
midterms – probably not, if I’m going to be frank, for the Republicans – but
2016 [is] going to be ugly, and it’s going to be very problematic [for a
Republican presidential nominee].”
La Raza
Pritzker
Family Foundation was a funder for the National
Council of La Raza.
Note: J.B. Pritzker is
the president of the Pritzker Family Foundation, Donald Pritzker’s
son, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Donald Pritzker was
J.B. Pritzker & Penny S. Pritzker’s father.
Penny S. Pritzker
is Donald Pritzker’s daughter, a
member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the secretary at the U.S.
Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, was the national finance chair, fundraiser
for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential
campaign, a co-chair for the 2009
Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign,
a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama
inaugural committee, the host for the Barack
Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, and Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP,
and is Craig M. Robinson’s sister.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP, is the
president of the Barack Obama
administration, and Melody C. Barnes
is his golf partner.
Melody C. Barnes
is Barack Obama’s golf partner, was
the director at the Domestic Policy
Council for the Barack Obama
administration, and the SVP at the Center for American Progress.
Cecilia Munoz is
the director at the Domestic Policy
Council, an assistant to the
president for the Barack Obama
administration, and was the SVP for the National Council of La Raza.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the the Economic Policy Institute.
George Soros is the
founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, and was a supporter for
the Center for American Progress.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American
Progress, the Economic Policy Institute, the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and the the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Raul Yzaguirre was
a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and the president & CEO for the National Council of La
Raza.
Chicago.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank), was a member of the Iraq
Study Group, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think
tank).
Lee H. Hamilton
was a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group,
is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a co-chair for the Independent Task
Force on Immigration and America's Future.
Sandra Day
O'Connor was a member of the Iraq
Study Group, and is the president of the Alfalfa Club.
Jeb Bush is a member of
the Alfalfa Club, and an advisory
committee member for the Hispanic
Leadership Network.
Hispanic
Leadership Network is an offshoot of the American Action Network.
Frederic V. Malek
is the founder & board member for the American
Action Network, a member of the Alfalfa
Club, and a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Penny S. Pritzker
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, Donald Pritzker’s daughter,
the secretary at the U.S. Department
of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, was the national finance chair, fundraiser
for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential
campaign, a co-chair for the 2009
Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign,
a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama
inaugural committee, the host for the Barack
Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, and Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team.
Donald Pritzker was
Penny S. Pritzker & J.B. Pritzker’s father.
J.B. Pritzker is Donald
Pritzker’s son, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the
president of the Pritzker Family Foundation.
Pritzker
Family Foundation was a funder for the National
Council of La Raza.
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