Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley got a homeade Mexican feast on Thursday courtesy of a local Austin family.
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“In the face of a Republican Party that threatens to tear apart immigrant families who live in fear of deportation due to Congress’ inaction, Clinton has promised that she will do everything possible under the law to expand and enhance protections for families and communities hurt by our broken immigration system”, she wrote in a noted titled “Winning the Latino Vote” states, as first reported by NBC.
Abigail was born in the USA but her parents, who graciously served O’Malley heaping mounds of Chili Lenguas, are in the country illegally.
They would have benefitted from President Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans – or DAPA.
“So you aren’t covered by DACA but your kids are, which is why we need to extend executive protections so that we don’t break up families”, said O’Malley.
“New American immigrants make America stronger, in every generation”, O’Malley said.
O’Malley, who is at single digits and dead last in national polling for the Democratic nomination, pointed to the differences in his approach to illegal immigrants to that of his opponents, saying Clinton and Sanders are “talking out of both sides of their mouths”.
“The sort of hateful, racist rhetoric that Donald Trump spews out to try to scapegoat others, I think is really bad for our country and all of us need to press back against it”, he said. But Martin O’Malley’s sudden realization that there are meaningful contrasts to draw between him and the other candidates on immigration may just be enough to rouse the Democrats from their creeping sense of complacency on the issue.
His campaign’s immigration proposal, among many things, calls for expanding use of deferred action and discretion when it comes to keeping families together.
The candidate also argued the permissibility of President Obama’s executive amnesty programs.
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In a CBS News/New York Times poll released Thursday, O’Malley carried 5 percent of the vote, trailing Clinton at 52 percent and Sanders at 33.
