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Thursday, September 21, 2017

News Alert: Liberal unrest threatens Dem immigration strategy

 
 
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Liberal unrest threatens Dem immigration strategy
Democratic leaders fighting to enact the Dream Act this year are taking fire from a surprising group: liberal immigrant rights activists.

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) sounded off last week after top Democrats cut a tentative agreement with President Trump to pair a Dream Act with tougher immigration enforcement measures.

More recently, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was heckled in her own district over the deal, with a group of young advocates urging Democrats to expand the reform fight beyond the Dreamers to include the other 10 million undocumented immigrants living in the country.

The episodes suggest the coming debate over immigration reform — a perennial headache for Republican leaders — will also be no small challenge for the Democrats.  
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