Posted on 06/09/2016 7:32:47 PM PDT by Elderberry
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., is among the high-ranking Democrats pushing to have immigration reform made an official part of the party's platform.
The Arizona Democrat, who has supported Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., this presidential election season, recently testified at the Democratic Party platform where he urged party leaders to "take the moral high ground" on the issue.
"The Republican nominee has made race as his byline in terms of generating fear and with that fear converting that into support for his candidacy," Grijalva said in a reference to presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
In also imploring party leaders to tackle the issue of deportation of veterans, Grijalva added, Dems "have the opportunity to take the moral high ground on immigration reform by insisting this is the priority for this party, by adding specificity to the platform and not generalities and by doing so, consolidate the future strength of this party going forward."
Platform agendas have taken on more significance this election season based on the strong primary challenge Sanders has mounted to presumptive party nominee Hillary Clinton.
The platform is now widely viewed as being instrumental in bringing the party back together. The platform drafting committee is comprised of 15 members and Sanders was recently allowed to select five members after complaining that the process was rigged.
In also imploring party leaders to tackle the issue of deportation of veterans, Grijalva added, Dems "have the opportunity to take the moral high ground on immigration reform by insisting this is the priority for this party, by adding specificity to the platform and not generalities and by doing so, consolidate the future strength of this party going forward."
Platform agendas have taken on more significance this election season based on the strong primary challenge Sanders has mounted to presumptive party nominee Hillary Clinton.
The platform is now widely viewed as being instrumental in bringing the party back together. The platform drafting committee is comprised of 15 members and Sanders was recently allowed to select five members after complaining that the process was rigged.
Please let them do this.
Democrats Urge Democratic Party to Make Illegal Immigration an Official Staple of The Party
there fixed it
A modern version of McGovern’s amnesty, acid and abortion.
He lost in a landslide in 1972 to Nixon.
The Democrat platform hasn’t changed much since then.
So do the GOP.
What the heck is left to reform?
Bring in one immigrant, throw one US citizen into a volcano?
There, fixed it.
LOL, only there is probably more truth than fiction in that statement.
Hillary is promising to give the country to the fraudulently documented foreigners within 100 days of being sworn in.
BUILD THAT WALL AND PUT THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE!!!!
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., is among the most effective representatives Mexico has in the US Congress.
All the old white dem politicians in CA embraced illegal immigration to bolster dem supremacy. Now the dems are still in charge, but Latino’s are replacing white dems. Very soon Latino’s will politically own CA.
But the media refuse to call it that!
ONLY amnesty can be called "comprehensive immigration reform"!
I think it's copyrighted...
Actually, there is no need for “immigration reform.” What’s needed is rule of law reform back to what it was: law enforcement. Our current immigration laws worked fine until they were broken.
“Immigration Reform”: Open the gates....
Yes, please do so. Let the country be reminded which Party ants to import animals to rape and murder us.
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