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Black Lives Matter, My NY Times Comments

My Comment on: Bigger Than Immigration | NYTimes

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NOV. 23, 2014

Don’t let yourself get lost in the weeds. Don’t allow yourself to believe that opposition to President Obama’s executive actions on immigration is only about that issue, the president’s tactics, or his lack of obsequiousness to his detractors.

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Africana, Black Lives Matter

Immigration Reform Is a Black Thing, Too – The Root

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Your Take: Pitting black issues vs. immigrant issues is a false dichotomy.

Posted: Nov. 23 2014

The administrative relief measures that President Barack Obama announced Thursday will benefit an estimated four million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. This long awaited measure came several months after the president promised to take executive action in the absence of any cooperation by an obstructionist Congress to pass legislation.

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