by Tal Axelrod
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A prominent immigration advocacy group threw its support behind both Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president.
United We Dream Action, one of the largest national immigrant rights groups, announced its endorsement for the two presidential hopefuls Friday.
“Both Warren and Sanders rise far above the rest in their vision and readiness to deliver on our platform for change,” the group said in a video. “Both Warren and Sanders offer an end to the Trump nightmare and would take our country further than any other candidate as we strive toward justice.”
United We Dream Action ticked through aspects of their platform that both senators have come out in support of, including closing for-profit detention centers, shrinking the budgets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, and stopping and reviewing deportations within the first 100 days of their administrations.
“We want to be clear: we are not choosing a hero or a protector,” the group said. “This is the start of a new power relationship centered on our platform and on our people.”
The endorsement is the first for the advocacy groups and comes ahead of high-profile Supreme Court battles, including one on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The decision to back both Warren and Sanders came after a process that included putting out its own immigration platform, member surveys and asking candidates to complete questionnaires.
The group reached out to Sanders, Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro.
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