an archer a car mona is well as he is the executive director i've
present a dot org PR yes ENT
.org arturo welcome to the program thanks for having me come
thanks for joining us and I tell us for small
about present-day well we're the
largest a let you know Online Inc Asian organization in the nation and
organization expert car to take on Progressive Caucus sent
the last couple years we've found ourselves now only targeting Republicans
but interestingly enough we have to go
after like democrats weren't the best gracious or
turn me on in a nonpartisan and we take on the most important issues impacting
that their families in the US
and that most important issue right now is immigration reform as a No
absolutely immigration is after finding issues or Latino families are Latino
community
it's an issue that are has devastated our communities with
unprecedented level of deportation here has really you just read our Community
around just and fair immigration policy
console luck it certainly has been a
are a difficult period and we're very excited about it
the announcement today yeah now president Obama's gonna make an
announcement tonight at eight o'clock
my understanding is that the the big four networks ABC CBS NBC and Fox
have all chosen not to carry it not to pre-empt their programming it's going to
be an
nice tight 10-minute presentation he he designed it to be
television friendly but they're not gonna do it the cable networks however
will carry it
as CNN five Fox News and MSNBC and
telemundo and Univision are both going to carry it
alive so you know people can watch it I'm curious your thoughts a day on this
decision by the big networks and be
on what you think he's going to say and where you'd like to see him go with us
well here I think I'm a network thing I ever say
should they should be ashamed of herself you know I
when George W Bush me there
summer speech when it came to teaching
army
a National Guard to the border in a much lesser
degree in my opinion terms just breast
are these networks a you know where to
only after time so why not for this major announcement that present is about
to make
doesn't make any sense and frankly in the Latino I'm offended that they're not
very clean this up there yeah yeah it's almost a slap in the face it's really
remarkable arm water what's your
I E I'm guessing you have a much better aligned to the
to the inside skinny on what's going to be said tonight exactly what the
president's going to do than I do
what do you know or what you believe
about what's going to be said what the president is going to be doing when he
actually
signs executive order tomorrow in Las Vegas
yeah actually what way knowing we're a little concerned about because we're not
entirely sure
well we know he's in SJ that
in a cover are two a tougher action
typeof arrangement army covering
car to you know we're three million parents
a are US citizen children I
we know that a those parents are gonna be cover
and now we know now I'm is whether he's going to cover the children are
%uh dreamers are we don't know if you can occur tailback but failed
Secure Communities policy that over 300 cities and municipalities have rejected
across the country well for a major metropolitan cities
in america have rejected those policies we don't know if he's gonna
the airdrop back on that as we have heard now and we don't know about you
the real work militarization policies on the border and tracking down %uh
on the border so we were a little concerned about how those are going to
look at
like an and we're still waiting to see what what will happen
well we do know is that this is a major victory
for the crash with community there is a major victory for those outside the
beltway to believe that we could hold the Democratic Party
and that we could all the president accountable to a lot of the strongest
and that is should not be characterized as an insider
victory this list done through the fearless
activism most immigrants dockiers families and their leaders
are and worse or a product yeah I I was so impressed and and continue to be
a but over the over the last couple years
with so many people who came forward and said
here's who I am here is my name I stand here without documentation I mean
literally risking
a rescan and deportation to to
putting their lives on the line to work and and I'm guessing probably some of
them
were were badly punished for this on to work toward this moment
absolutely army
you know you suck when you see that the title separation a family
that we seen over the last few years a typo
you know real destruction and make their lives you know
warehouse price: people eat everything come to light organization put
everything on the line
and it wasn't penetrator RTC Bellway action it was those groups outside
PC Intel is a very I inspiring moment
for a progress in karst police said hey we need to hold democrat the president
accountable to
what they profess to represent our continued to throw
operates under a glass a bit star really
cycle after cycle for the last six to eight years yeah now
what we're hearing on Fox News on right-wing talk radio
%uh it's been reported on CNN and MSNBC and
and what not but it's been been a really pushed by
by the right-wing media is that President Obama has now gone from being
the present the United States to an emperor to is our
to a king in the picture the top drudge have him wearing a gold crown
arm that that he's exceeded his authority that what he's doing is
illegal that it's unconstitutional
what are your thoughts on that I mean a
its II it's tough for me not to laugh at those arguments when
the previous to major immigration executive orders came out to republicans
and cover proportionately the almost exact amount I'll
people proportionate to the end
documented population about forty percent on
its rhetoric its its political speech
I and frankly it's a declaration of
were against latinos an army their families and brothers and sisters
its saying that this it is the Republican Party is
is really out of touch and saying that you know
as this country continues to diversify and become more african-american or
Latino
younger I'm more Asian and hazard people have called a constraint in either merge
as important players in this country
to basically saying hey we don't care we wanted we don't I'll we don't give up
are at about
about you and your people in your family and your future
and and I will not be forgotten hi and so this hope that they had to rekindle
relationships where
communities of color I is really being thrown away
and and you know isolated atria
yeah yeah republicans in the I believe it's the house represented just
announced their new leadership slate
14 all white guys on that
surprise surprise right I'm I we're talking with Archer a Karmakar Mona
the executive director present APR yes ENT eat out orgy .org
an archer we have a little less than a minute left what can people do to
support
present a to preserve it to support this president in this action and to push for
more
well me too I a
speak up we need to write letters to the editor people can join
I present too far away going to our website percent that are korchi
on and released a I that
this is a an important step or but by no means you're the job done
I we to push back on the right wing and xenophobic rhetoric ok
republicans I am so we need to capture this for what it
you know it's an important step forward in a cover for five million undocumented
immigrant
pic million undocumented immigrants will be left out of the package
deportations will continue immigrant families will continue to be divided
separated corporation
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your follower archer or work we're going to get a break here
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