U.S. President Barack Obama, will try today to consolidate Hispanic support for immigration reform that would legalize close to 11 million immigrants, the White House announced.
In its efforts, the president offered Tuesday to speak to the television networks Univision and Telemundo for areas of Dallas (Texas), Denver (Colorado), Los Angeles (California), New York and New Jersey, which will address the march of negotiations to achieve a change in the law.
Four journalists will interview Obama and other senior officials of the government from the gardens of the White House, which address aspects of the initiative approved on June 27 by the Senate majority, which includes a path to citizenship and safety of the border among its central points.
Government efforts contrast with the position of Republicans who refuse to consider the issue in the House of Representatives and insist on their plan to fragment the immigration issue.
The day prior a Gallup poll found that most Americans believe that the Democratic Party represents mostly their positions on the reform of immigration laws that the Republican Party.
The poll showed that 48 percent of people questioned feel represented by the position of the Democrats to push a change in immigration laws, while 36 percent chose the stance taken by Republicans.
The research indicated that among non-Hispanic whites, there is almost a tie, 41 support the Democratic plan and 42 the Republican refusal to accept the Senate bill.
However, Hispanic support for Democrats grows to 60 percent versus 26 percent, while non-Hispanic blacks support the Democrat’s plan 70 percent to 14 percent.
The day before, an opinion piece by Politico picked pro-reform criteria from two government advisers, David Plouffe, Obama campaign manager 2008 and his principal adviser, and Steve Schmidt, an adviser to the 2008 campaign of Republican John McCain and adviser in the George W. Bush administration.
For both, immigration reform remains good policy today and accentuate the diversity of the country.
Killing immigration reform would be the latest example of a mistaken view by Republicans in the United States, both further agreed in their analysis in addressing the importance of the Latino and Asian-American electorates in future elections.
Via PL