Tuesday, Martin O’Malley unveiled the boldest immigration reform plan of any presidential candidate

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from Juan Gonzalez at NY Daily News:


On Tuesday O’Malley unveiled the boldest immigration reform plan of any presidential candidate. He ventured into the Clinton stronghold of New York City to do it, and sat with the Daily News for a wide-ranging interview.

And he didn’t mince words.

“The enduring symbol of America is not the barbed wire fence,” O’Malley said. “It is the Statue of Liberty.”

O’Malley would expand deferred action against deportation and sharply reduce the number of people jailed while awaiting deportation.

While he was governor, O’Malley expanded access to driver’s licenses, signed a bill allowing undocumented college students to pay the same in-state tuition as other residents, increased government contracts for Latino businesses and raised the state minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. When opponents forced a statewide referendum on the tuition program, O’Malley waged a successful campaign to make Maryland the first state to pass the DREAM Act through popular vote.

Right now, O’Malley is barely known outside his own state. But, once the televised debates start, that could change.

He is a charismatic speaker, the youngest by far of the major declared Democratic candidates, the only one with experience as both a mayor (of Baltimore) and a governor. And unlike Sanders, he has led a city and a state that mirrors the country’s ethnic and racial diversity.

The man from Maryland is hoping immigration activists will spread the word among the fast-growing Latino electorate of what he’s already done — and how much more he could accomplish with their vote.


read: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gonzalez-martin-o-malley-bold-immigration-reform-plan-article-1.2292549

O'Malley's entire immigration plan is available to read: https://martinomalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OMalley-Immigration-Reform-Goals.pdf

Gabriela Domenzain ‏@GabiDomenzain
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