President Barack Obama has said we cannot “fail to recognize the humanity” of undocumented immigrants. He also said, during a trip to New Orleans, “We should be fighting to make sure everybody who works hard in America, and hard right here in New Orleans, that they have a chance to get ahead.” So why is the Obama Administration piloting a new, unprecedented and extraordinarily harsh effort to hunt down and deport thousands of hardworking undocumented immigrants in New Orleans?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=207452