My latest for NBC Latino
When you witness a contentious debate unraveling from all corners of your social networks, it becomes more and more difficult to stay silent and not write about it. Such is the case of the #Dream9 story and the extreme opinions this action has generated.
I won’t spend too much time chronicling why this debate is now officially out of control, with its descriptions of “publicity stunts,” private Facebook posts being screen captured to “expose” campaign leaders and hateful words dividing immigration allies. The egos have taken over, and that is never a good thing.
However, I felt that yesterday’s HuffPost Live segment about the Dream 9 put me over the top. It was a comment by guest David Leopold, former president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and one of #BringThemHome’s most vocal critics, saying that the campaign’s supporters were just out to embarrass President Obama. After reading what Leopold…
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How times have changed! “Civil rights leaders were creating “publicity stunts” and John F. Kennedy was in office. Such “embarrassment” led to real change in this country, and it was change that required bold action, an action that was not popular at the time.” That’s precisely what we need today. A leader that will rise above the “stunts” and bring everyone to the table and get consensus to solve the immigration issue. It is doable. We all need to keep pushing so that real change can happen. It is interesting that a lot of people that at one time were illegal venerate the current President, when his record says it all when it comes to illegal immigrants. At least in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach area of Virginia.