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DonViejo

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Sun Mar 4, 2018, 05:08 PM Mar 2018

ACLU, others launch ad campaign to pressure Trump on DACA

Source: The Hill



BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 03/04/18 04:05 PM EST



A coalition of advocates on Sunday launched a push aimed at pressuring President Trump on immigration as the deadline for a legislative fix to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program nears.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), MoveOn.org and United We Dream kicked off the campaign at an afternoon event near the White House.

The effort includes social media components, grassroots activism, and a short advertisement. The campaign is a six-figure push, CNN reported, that includes television and digital advertising. The ad spot urges Trump to “fix what you broke, before it’s too late” and includes clips of the president speaking about immigration.

Trump announced last year plans to rescind the Obama-era program, which shielded young immigrations brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation, but provided Congress with a six-month window to craft a legislative fix. That deadline is Monday, March 5.

Read more: http://thehill.com/latino/376667-aclu-others-launch-ad-campaign-to-pressure-trump-on-daca
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ACLU, others launch ad campaign to pressure Trump on DACA (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP
he plays golf while leaving these folk twisting in the wind Skittles Mar 2018 #1
Forget the Moron...pressure Congress! BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #2

BigmanPigman

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2. Forget the Moron...pressure Congress!
Sun Mar 4, 2018, 11:01 PM
Mar 2018

The Moron says one thing, speaks with neo Nazi S. Miller then changes his mind. Get Congress to move on it...and VOTE in 2018!

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