Congressional Democrats Confront White House Officials Over Raids Aimed At Immigrants

[Purveyor]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

By ERICA WERNER | ASSOCIATED PRESS | 36 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats confronted White House officials on Thursday over holiday-season raids seeking Central American immigrants for deportation, accusing the administration of spreading terror through immigrant communities.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois said that President Barack Obama risks all the goodwill he has built up over the last year through his executive actions sparing millions from deportation, actions now tied up in court. And he complained that the administration did not alert congressional allies before conducting the raids, with first became public when The Washington Post published a story about the plans just before Christmas.

Gutierrez and other lawmakers raised those complaints and others during a meeting with administration officials, including Cecilia Munoz, director of the Domestic Policy Council.

"In the Hispanic Caucus there's a real sense of outrage," Gutierrez said.

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[randys1]

1. Should be an outrage, we need to make our voices heard on this one.

[elias49]

2. How many times have I heard that?

And just before Christmas - the ultimate 'Friday news dump'.