Reuters
By Julia Edwards
May 27, 2014
(Reuters)
- U.S. immigrant groups urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to hold
off on making changes to how the United States deports undocumented
immigrants so as
not to anger members of Congress who they believe could pass a broad
immigration bill that could be more effective at protecting immigrant
rights.
Among
the groups issuing the statement were the National Immigration Forum
and the Service Employees International Union, which were present at a
March meeting at the
White House when Obama announced he was looking to take unilateral
action to curb the number of undocumented immigrants being deported. At
the time, the House of Representatives appeared stalled on passing broad
reform over concerns the bill would grant amnesty
to those who had broken U.S. immigration law.
House
Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner, have indicated in
recent weeks that they might be open to working on such a bill. But they
said any changes from
the Obama administration would deteriorate their trust in the president
to enforce whatever law they may pass.
The
advocates said there is a "real window of opportunity" for the House to
pass immigration reform before the legislative recess in August and
they cautioned Obama against
taking unilateral action.
"We
believe the President should move cautiously and give the House
Leadership all of the space they may need to bring legislation to the
floor for a vote," the advocates
said in a statement.
But,
the statement added, should July pass without a new immigration law,
the Obama administration will "have an obligation to use whatever tools
are at its disposal."
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