House Democrats Encourage Representatives To Keep Holding Events On Obama Immigration Actions

WASHINGTON — House Democrats are pressing forward with efforts to tout President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration and encourage undocumented immigrants to prepare to sign up, even after a setback this week when a federal judge temporarily halted the policies.

On Thursday the office of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) sent a memo, created with Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), to other House Democratic offices laying out talking points, event suggestions and other information for spreading the word about the Obama immigration policies, which could allow as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants to remain in the country and work.

Advocates have also said they will continue encouraging undocumented immigrants to prepare for the executive action programs, even if they currently are unable to apply. Obama said Tuesday that although the Department of Homeland Security was blocked from starting the programs, officials would be “prepared to implement this fully as soon as the legal issues get resolved.”

The Huffington Post