Obama: Some Republicans Pretty Sure I #39;m An Illegal Immigrant
While speaking at a town hall event in Nashville, Barack Obama stated that he has difficulty speaking to Republicans about immigration reform. Obama said that it was important to set up a...
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TIME Politics Immigration Activist Hailed as Face of Immigration Action Makes Her Case Before Congress Immigration activist Astrid Silva (in red) stands next to her mother, Barbara Silva, as she speaks about immigration reform at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 10, 2014. Larry DowningReuters Astrid Silva joined a panel of witnesses at a hearing on Obama's immigration action plan Wednesday
Just three weeks ago, Astrid Silva didnt know if this holiday season would be the last one shed get to spend with her father.
Silva, 26, immigrated to America from Mexico with her parents when she was just four years old, crossing the Rio Grande in a homemade tire raft. Though she is currently exempt from deportation under a 2010 law that defers action on illegal immigrants who arrived as children, her parents are not. Her younger brother was born in the U.S. and is therefore a citizen.
Her father has an order of deportation against him and though his immigration has been stayed since 2011, hes up again in January. This time around, Silva says, hes much less worried. In fact, after President Obamas announcement that he would be providing temporary relief from deportation to 5 million people, she and her family began to experience another emotion: hope.
Hes going to be worried until theres a law, but hes veryhes relieved, Silva told TIME Wednesday. He doesnt have to wake up and think Immigration is going to be there when I go out for work.
But on Wednesday, frustration was the emotion she hoped would come across as she appeared in Washington, before a Congressional committee. Wearing a bright red blazer, adorned with a button depicting a close family friend and dream warrior Tomasa Macias, Silva passionately defended the Presidents action on immigration reform in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
When people attack the President for this action or challenge his legal authoritythe same authority that Republican and Democratic presidents have taken before him, they are attacking me, Silva said during her prepared remarks. They are attacking the hundreds of thousands of children who need their parents to care for them and tell them that there are no monsters under the bed.
Like many undocumented immigrants across the U.S., Silva watched the Presidents Nov. 20 announcement with her family by her side. But Silvas experience was a bit different. During the speech, the President gave Silva a shout-out, sharing her story as an undocumented immigrant who went on to college and become an activist in her community with the nation. She was hailed as the face of Obamas immigration action in the Las Vegas Sun on Wednesday, but to Silva, shes just one of many.
I may be a face but theres millions just like us, Silva told TIME. Just like me.
And it was their stories, Silva said, that she hoped to share with the Senators on the committee.
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When President Barack Obama gave Astrid Silva a shout-out last month, he did more than put a face on his new immigration plan.
He helped thrust Silva, and her home state of Nevada, into the national spotlight on immigration reform.
She has since used her political fame to sell the presidents divisive executive action. Her latest push came before a Senate panel Wednesday, where she accused Obamas critics of attacking America and everything that has made this country strong.
When people challenge the presidents authority, theyre attacking me, Silva said. Theyre attacking my mom.
Astrid is one of several Nevada players who are behind a movement that is intensifying attention on the state's unique immigration landscape. And what happens in Nevada could impact the national conversation about changes in policy.
"Nevada, particularly Las Vegas, has become a bellwether on immigration reform and the Latino vote," said Kevin Appleby of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which advocates for immigration reform.
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President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration is being met with some hesitation.
Some advocacy groups in New Mexico are concerned about what would happen to immigrants if the program goes away.
The President is trying to reassure immigrants this week, saying if they register under his immigration reform policy, he says they don't need to worry about being deported in the future.
But New Mexico immigration advocates worry that's exactly what will happen.
Ralph Arenllanes is chairman of the Hispanic Roundtable of New Mexico. He says the President's reform is a good start, but has an uncertain future.
If it reverses in a couple of years, then where does that leave them? Arenllanes said, talking about immigrants who would sign up with the program.
Since the program was started through executive action, taken by the President, another administration could undo it in the future.
Arenllanes said it's a major concern in the immigrant community, especially for those people who've put down roots in the Land of Enchantment.
What do they do now that they're in the open and then all of a sudden the doors slammed on them two years from now? Arenllanes said.
He says the uncertainty leaves many of these immigrants vulnerable and possibly open to deportation in the future.
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Nashville gets ready for presidential visit
Thank you for watching please subscribe us! The president #39;s speech in Nashville will focus on immigration reform. Casa Azafran, a south Nashville community center, will be hosting the president.
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