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Cheer the President, Boo His Motives - Hispanically Speaking News

Cheer the President, Boo His Motives - Hispanically Speaking News

Cheer the President, Boo His Motives

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Photo Credits: Obama on Deportations

The decision made by the Obama administration this week to focus its deportation efforts on serious threats to national security should be applauded by Latinos and progressives alike. It seems that President Obama has finally expressed his support for the Latino base that helped elect him in 2008.

Yet, while the administration’s policy shift will provide relief for tens of thousands of undocumented citizens unjustly living in fear of deportation, I find it unfortunate that the decision was made for political reason rather than on its moral merit.


The night Obama was elected president one chilly November night, I smoked a celebratory cigar with friends at an Election Day party. His presidency, I hoped, would bring to fruition all