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Related: About this forumO'Malley to have First DAPA Dinner with Immigrant Family (Starting Now)
DAPA Dinners Campaign has been launched to have all candidates sit down with a family impacted by DAPA. So, far he is the only Democrat candidate who has accepted this invitation.The new DAPA Dinners campaign has its first scheduled event on the books. Martin OMalleys presidential campaign announced today that the candidate will join Workers Defense in Action PAC and the Ramirez family of Austin, TX on Thursday, November 12th for a midday meal.
The Ramirez family has lived in Central Texas for years. All of Ramirez children attended the University of Texas (UT), or are currently enrolled there. They graduated at the top of their classes. Mrs. Ramirez is a stay at home mom and caretaker of the family. Her husband works in a recycling center and has worked in construction. They are active members of their community, both through their church and with Workers Defense in Action PAC. Learn more about the entire family here.
DAPA Dinners is a new initiative that invites all 2016 candidates, Senators, and Members of Congress to join an immigrant family for dinner on or around the one-year anniversary of the DAPA announcement on November 20, 2015. As Elise Foley wrote yesterday about the new DAPA Dinners effort, the organizers said [t]heyre willing to do the dinners any time thats convenient and in any state a move that makes it harder for candidates to use scheduling conflicts as an excuse.
The OMalley campaigns plan to visit a DAPA-eligible family on Thursday is set to make modern presidential history. We are not aware of any previous occasions of presidential candidates visiting with a family headed by an undocumented immigrant. The OMalley campaigns embrace of DAPA Dinners also raises the stakes for other presidential campaigns, including fellow Democratic contenders Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders and the entire Republican field. Will they show the same openness to meeting with DAPA families and hearing their stories? Currently, only Carly Fiorinas campaign has declined the offer unequivocally.
Workers Defense in Action PAC is the lead group organizing the DAPA Dinner tomorrow, with support from Americas Voice, United We Dream Action and Center for Community Change Action/Fair Immigration Reform Movement.
Pics of him sitting down for dinner - http://twitter.com/jrud/status/664870411889283072/photo/1
@MarkW_KVUE: .@MartinOMalley needs a water. Eating salsa, &well, he's Irish. https://t.co/qpiBi2CI0S
@MarkW_KVUE: DREAMers sharing memories of coyotes, stories of people dying crossing border. Emotional. https://t.co/GucHbsFBFW
@KarinaKling: .@MartinOMalley eats with Ramirez family in E Austin, family would have benefitted from #DAPA #tx2016 https://t.co/LN6CbDyWrJ
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O'Malley to have First DAPA Dinner with Immigrant Family (Starting Now) (Original Post)
askew
Nov 2015
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FSogol
(45,526 posts)1. K & R. n/t
askew
(1,464 posts)2. More tweets
@MarkW_KVUE: Seems @MartinOMalley knows un poquito Español, just corrected translator while listening to immigrant mom's story https://t.co/OFJYKtX81U
@MarkW_KVUE: Young woman tearfully expressing fear she feels listening to talk of deportations, characterization of immigrants https://t.co/Q7zscl4aJE
@MarkW_KVUE: Immigrant mother hands @MartinOMalley two graduation tassels, saying, "These are the dreams of each of my children." https://t.co/urVLjJdnuX
FSogol
(45,526 posts)3. Brave family. Good on O'Malley for supporting the Dream act. n/t
askew
(1,464 posts)4. Yep, very brave especially in Texas. O'Malley continues to inspire for his passion on
immigration issues.
pinstikfartherin
(500 posts)5. Love it. K&R.
...thanks for posting