Letter from Prominent Iowan: Martin O'Malley's support for 'new Americans' inspiring.
FROM JOHN MURPHY RECORDER, DUBUQUE COUNTY
Martin O'Malley is leading the presidential field by setting out a bold progressive agenda on issues like climate change, debt-free college, Wall Street reform, and now, comprehensive immigration reform.
In 2009, I spent some time in Postville, Iowa, after what was, at the time, the largest immigration raid in U.S. history. It was a life-changing experience to see people, families, deathly afraid of what these ICE vehicles were doing. Immigration officials were pulling their friends, their family, off the street in these raids and hauling them off to a detention center in Waterloo. It was shocking.
I'll never forget seeing hundreds of families sitting in a small church for weeks, afraid to go home, for fear of being picked up or separated. That's not what America is about. That's not what Iowa is about. We need new leadership from a president with a track record of standing up for our progressive values and actually getting things done.
O'Malley was the first presidential candidate I had heard talk not about "undocumented people," or "illegal immigrants," but "new Americans." And then to hear his record of giving drivers licenses to new Americans in Maryland, of welcoming young children who had come across the border into his state, and of standing up to call for real immigration reform -- it was beyond refreshing. It's inspiring.
I am proud to endorse Martin O'Malley for president. Take a look at www.martinomalley.com.
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O'Malley's entire immigration plan is available to read online: https://martinomalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OMalley-Immigration-Reform-Goals.pdf
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of standing up for our progressive values and actually getting things done.'
