“We Democrats have done a terrible job in actually talking about immigration,” says Rep. Delia Ramirez, who co-chairs the caucus with Reps. Greg Casar and Sydney Kamlager-Dove.
Erlin Centeno, a Garifuna land rights defender, says he fled Honduras with his wife and children after his cousins were killed and he became a target of death threats.
The suspects charged with murder crossed the border illegally this year and were released into the U.S. by Border Patrol, according to immigration authorities.
Mexico has become one of the largest migratory corridors in the world, and a group is focusing on helping LGBTQ migrants, who face added discrimination.
The action would shield about 500,000 immigrants living in the U.S. from deportation. “This is the biggest thing since DACA,” an immigration advocate said.
Some see the "life-changing" executive actions giving undocumented spouses and college graduates a path to legal status as a "big deal" that can also mobilize voters, including Latinos.