Hillary Clinton Hires Lorella Praeli, a ‘Dreamer,’ to Connect With Latinos

[NCTraveler]

While campaigning for Democrats during last fall’s midterm campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton was interrupted during several speeches by young Latino activists, who call themselves “Dreamers,” pressing her to take a stance on an overhaul of the immigration system.

“Hillary, do you stand with our immigrant families?” shouted one activist.

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Just weeks after Mrs. Clinton strongly advocated for more expansive efforts to end deportation of undocumented immigrants, the Clinton campaign said on Wednesday that it had hired one of the most prominent activists among the Dreamers, Lorella Praeli, to lead her Latino outreach efforts.

“Bringing Lorella into our campaign is the next step in making sure families aren’t living in fear of deportation, all students have the chance to go to college, and that any comprehensive immigration reform ensures full and equal citizenship,” Amanda Renteria, the Clinton campaign’s political director, said in a statement given to NBC News Latino and the Spanish-American newspaper La Opinión, which reported Ms. Praeli’s hiring.

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/05/20/hillary-clinton-hires-lorella-praeli-a-dreamer-to-connect-with-latinos/

[Thinkingabout]

1. Good deal, another bridge built, what better way to hear from an ordinary citizen but to have Praeli

on staff. This also a great way to return information back to communities.