Latin Post
By Claudia Balthazar
July 29, 2015
Republican
presidential hopeful John Kasich met with advocates on Monday regarding
President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Parental Accountability
(DAPA) and expanded
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) lawsuit.
According
to America's Voice, a small group of activists spoke to the Ohio
Attorney General Mike DeWine, who is directly responsible for the
lawsuit, and Gov. Kasich.
The activists talked about the state's support for the lawsuit against DACA expansion and DAPA, bringing along undocumented immigrants who are
affected by the lawsuit.
DeWine
listened to the stories from several families including Carlos, a
single dad. His wife was killed by a U.S.-citizen drunk driver and his
two sons are afraid that
they will lose him too, if he is deported.
It
was reported that advocates confronted Kasich last month pressing him
on his stance on immigration. Advocates came along with undocumented
immigrant Maria and her 11-year-old
son Andrew who is an American citizen.
Maria
came to America from Peru more than 10 years ago, overstayed her
tourism visa then applied for DAPA. Yet, Ohio is one of the 26 states
that are currently suing the
Obama administration over the president's executive orders.
Maria
and Andrew continued to confront Kasich about his stance on
immigration, telling him that they were denied appointments with his
office. The governor then told an
aide to take their names down telling Maria, "You're such a nice lady;
we don't want you to leave."
At
the meeting on Monday, DeWine said that he supports the families'
interest in passing immigration reform but will stand by the lawsuit in
order to "protect the Constitution."
Meanwhile,
America's Voice advocates say Kasich did not listen to the families'
stories. Instead, he drilled them with questions and told them that it's
not fair to "jump
the line." He did insist, though, that he does not want to separate
families.
Kasich
also said that he does not support "the Obama actions" because he
thought that he should have tried harder to work with Republicans.
For more information, go to: www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com
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