Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — Advocates for undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are insisting that President Barack Obama halt most deportations, saying he is expelling people his fellow Democrats would let stay in the country.
The change in tactics comes as some Republicans now support a path to legal status — not citizenship — for many of the nation's 12 million undocumented immigrants, though Republican House Speaker John Boehner isn't moving to revamp immigration laws this year.
Churches and labor groups, including the AFL-CIO, are using the appearance of common ground to force Obama to change policies that lead to about 1,000 deportations a day, more than under any other president. They say Obama could gain favor with Hispanic voters before the November congressional elections by easing deportations, as he did before his 2012 re-election.
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