{"id":6496,"date":"2014-04-28T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T21:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=6496"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:03:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:03:22","slug":"this-date-in-obamas-administrative-amnesty-april-28-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/04\/28\/this-date-in-obamas-administrative-amnesty-april-28-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"This Date in Obama\u2019s Administrative Amnesty: April 28, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
On this date three years ago, President Obama held a meeting in the White House\u2019s Roosevelt Room with celebrities<\/a> from the Hispanic community to discuss \u201ccomprehensive immigration reform.\u201d Notable attendees included<\/a> actresses Eva Longoria and America Ferrera, television hosts Jose Diaz-Balart of Telemundo (the brother of pro-amnesty U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)) and Maria Elena Salinas of Univision, Emilio Estefan (husband to singer Gloria Estefan), and Voto Latino Executive Director Maria Teresa Kumar.\u00a0 Senior White House aides<\/a> Valerie Jarrett and David Plouffe also attended the meeting.\u00a0 Both the celebrity attendees and the White House confirmed that the meeting primarily focused<\/a> on passing a DREAM Act. Just over a year later in June 2012, President Obama announced his own executive DREAM Act, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).<\/p>\n Now, true to form, the Obama Administration is continuing to meet with pro-amnesty stakeholders only to discuss an even broader amnesty. Just last week, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson met with several \u201cstakeholders\u201d on the issue of immigration, yet only pro-amnesty voices<\/a> were at the meeting. Those in attendance included FWD.us Executive Director, Todd Schulte; Senior Vice President for Labor, Immigration, & Employee Benefits at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Randy Johnson; and National Immigration Forum Executive Director, Ali Noorani.<\/p>\n