Martin O'Malley at Latino Heritage Festival

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Grant Rodgers ‏@GrantMRodgers 17h17 hours ago Des Moines, IA
O'Malley crowd at Des Moines' Latino Heritage Festival. #iacaucus




Iowa Starting Line ‏@IAStartingLine 18h18 hours ago
@MartinOMalley speaks to crowd at Latino Heritage Festival, talks of shared immigrant background #IACaucus




Sarah Beckman ‏@SarahBeckman3 18h18 hours ago
A Latino voter asks @MartinOMalley to distinguish himself from the pack: he touts exec experience & Maryland policies




Sarah Beckman ‏@SarahBeckman3 18h18 hours ago
To the Latino crowd, @MartinOMalley says there is a "difference between the saying and doing on immigration reform."




Grant Rodgers ‏@GrantMRodgers 18h18 hours ago Des Moines, IA
O'Malley @ Latino festival: American dream is made stronger by arrival of new American immigrants. #iacaucus




Grant Rodgers ‏@GrantMRodgers 18h18 hours ago Des Moines, IA
O'Malley highlighting passage of DREAM Act in Maryland, drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants. #iacaucus




Sarah Beckman ‏@SarahBeckman3 18h18 hours ago
@MartinOMalley says "we need to get away from these mindless deportation policies." #iacaucus




Iowa Starting Line ‏@IAStartingLine 18h18 hours ago
"Let us take action to bring 11 million people out of the shadows" & pass immigration reform @MartinOMalley says




Iowa Starting Line ‏@IAStartingLine 18h18 hours ago
DACA woman tells @MartinOMalley about how her mother was deported, family was broken up #IACaucus




Iowa Starting Line ‏@IAStartingLine 18h18 hours ago
"This is not the mindful & understanding nation we have been in the past" @MartinOMalley says of deporting ppl here w/ family #IACaucus



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Grant Rodgers ‏@GrantMRodgers 18h18 hours ago Des Moines, IA
O'Malley: Breaking up families of immigrants for no good public safety reason is not good for America. #iacaucus


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Sarah Beckman ‏@SarahBeckman3 18h18 hours ago
@MartinOMalley says, "We have work to do as a country, to restore the American Dream." #iacaucus




Kristin Sosanie ‏@ksosanie 18h18 hours ago
@MartinOMalley: "every generation we have taken action to include more pple more fully in our economy" #iacaucus




Kristin Sosanie ‏@ksosanie 18h18 hours ago
#actionsnotwords: @MartinOMalley broke with national Dems to accept Central American refugee kids. #iacaucus


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Grant Rodgers ‏@GrantMRodgers 18h18 hours ago Des Moines, IA
O'Malley: "We must act as a moral leader among nations." #iacaucus


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98.3 The Torch ‏@983TheTorch 18h18 hours ago
@MartinOMalley ends opening remarks with an optimistic turn, says America is worth saving. #iacaucus




O'Malley for Iowa ‏@omalleyforia 18h18 hours ago
"Enduring symbol of our country is Statue of Liberty, not chain-link fence & barbed wire." - @MartinOMalley @ Latino Heritage Fest #IACaucus


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1. kick

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3. Good job!!

I really am perplexed why his numbers aren't higher. He is very steadfast and likable.

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4. I agree

I guess HC and BS are just sucking all the oxygen out of the room.

The media is hardly fair, either.

I'm glad O'Malley is out doing retail politics. I hope it pays off for him.

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5. Super pics, as always.

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6. 'Breaking up families of immigrants for no good public safety reason is not good for America.'

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7. K&R. n/t

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8. more: "Viva O'Malley."

from Grant Rodgers at DeMoines Register:

The presidential hopeful rolled off a list of accomplishments on immigration issues that he often has on the Iowa campaign trail. In his two terms as governor, O'Malley signed bills giving certain undocumented immigrants in Maryland access to driver's licenses and in-state tuition rates at public colleges.

&quot There will be candidates) who will stand before you and profess to have progressive goals and progressive values for our country, and they will also profess to have these goals and values when it comes to immigration reform and treating new Americans with the human dignity that God bestows on every individual," he said. "Let me say this, there is a big difference between the saying and the doing."

In a policy proposal released in July, O'Malley said he'd use executive orders to expand the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. who are protected from deportation. Karen Ventura, a 26-year-old Perry resident, asked the former governor what he'd do for families who have already been separated by deportations.


Karen Ventura, 26, and Nadia Gaitan, 17, attended O'Malley's speech at the Latino Heritage Festival. Their mother, Margoth Villalobos, was deported from the U.S. after spending two decades here with asylum, Ventura said. (Photo: Grant Rodgers/The Register)

In an interview, Ventura said her mother, Margoth Villalobos, fled Guatemala and was granted asylum in the U.S. two decades ago after her significant other was killed. But approximately six years ago, she was deported back to the country after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement decided Villalobos was no longer in danger. The agency picked up Villalobos from her workplace in Oskaloosa, Ventura said.

"She had been here for so many years and she had built a life here," she said.

"This story is why we need to do better," O'Malley responded to the question. He said the U.S. needs to move away from deportation policies that break up families, unless there's a valid public safety reason for doing so.

read: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/09/27/omalley-highlights-immigration-record-latino-festival/72943134/

REACTION: The crowd cheered after O'Malley responded to a question that he's against for-profit prisons. He was also applauded after saying the federal government shouldn't detain families facing immigration proceedings. One audience member shouted, "Viva O'Malley."

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10. "Viva O'Malley."

&quot There will be candidates) who will stand before you and profess to have progressive goals and progressive values for our country, and they will also profess to have these goals and values when it comes to immigration reform and treating new Americans with the human dignity that God bestows on every individual," he said. "Let me say this, there is a big difference between the saying and the doing."

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