Thursday, November 20, 2014
Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate
President Obama could be announcing some executive orders involving immigration as early as this coming Friday. While Capitol Hill may have been consistently deadlocked when it comes to building meaningful legislation on immigration, a network on nonprofits and advocacy groups have been working overtime to keep immigration reform on the political agenda.
Julia Preston of the New York Times recently published a piece on the role of big money in the fight for immigration reform. Here's a look at four of those wealthy donors, which have given a combined total of $300 million toward immigration, and the role they have played leading up to what is sure to be a landmark announcement from the Obama administration....