New York Times
By Maggie Haberman
June 3, 2015
Martin
O’Malley, a Democratic presidential candidate, sought to seize on the
immigration reform debate on Wednesday, pledging to take on the issue
within the first 100
days of his administration.
Mr.
O’Malley, a former Maryland governor, made the remarks at a United
States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce event in Washington, where he was
interviewed by the group’s
president, Javier Palomarez.
“Absolutely,”
he told Mr. Palomarez about addressing immigration as an immediate
priority. He said that addressing immigration had been so difficult
because politicians
treated it like a niche issue affecting a specific voting bloc as
opposed to a critical economic policy.
Mr.
O’Malley also tried to remind people of his executive experience, a
past-is-prelude approach he is certain to continue in an effort to stand
out from Hillary Rodham
Clinton.
Struggling
in the polls, Mr. O’Malley is trying to get a toehold in the Democratic
primary, in which Mrs. Clinton has a strong lead and Senator Bernie
Sanders of Vermont
has gained early momentum.
Mr.
O’Malley believes immigration provides him with that opportunity, and
he has tried to highlight actions on the issue he took in Maryland, such
as a law for in-state
tuition for undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as
children.
He
has also tried to paint Mrs. Clinton, who has told immigrant rights
advocates that she would go further than President Obama’s executive
actions halting some deportations,
as new to the issue.
Separately,
the “super PAC” supporting Mr. O’Malley, Generation Forward, began
placing television ad buys for two Iowa media markets, to air Friday
through Sunday, according
to a person tracking the early ad spending.
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