now according to the polls. it s really up in the air. you and i both know the last sort of experience was in 2010 with the fair district. in the end, i mean what impact did those have in 2010? you raise a great point. it was a liberally sought amendment and the republicans destroyed it at the polls so you had a liberal constitutional amendment and a republican waive year. in 204 we had a constitutional amendment, do you remember a.c.o.r.n.? yep. then 2008 we had gay marriage was on the ballot. they voted for better said we had a gay marriage ban. it seems like the republicans
you see where i m going. it s not that there are hundreds but there are maybe 15. right. but look at that situation. you know, the debt ceiling situation, john boehner was in an untenable position and what he did was he took the logical strategic steps, so he passed it with the majority of democratic support. so going forward that is what he absolutely must do for immigration. to that point i m aware that republicans are aware. but kika will we talked about it earlier. we re at the point now where immigration has become more than just an issue in our community. it s really reached the point of being a true movement where people are mobilized and energized like i have never seen, and going pack to some of these republican talking points and excuses that they use, they say president obama hasn t been willing to compromise and he s not been willing to work with them. that s not true. he s been willing to work
joining me now are indicakayton dawson, christina greer, kika matos, the aforementioned of the fair immigration reform movement and she s also the director. and ralph reyes who s an attorney, columnist and my pal. thanks everyone for being here. kika, i do want to start with you. you issued i guess we could call that challenge or threat to republicans that essentially you do immigration reform or you re going to face opposition. tell me what that s about and why you re also saying people who are for reform immigration reform, you have it. this is an issue. there is a sense on the part of
country that is moving its its demographics are changing and we have an increasing number of young voters who are more progressive. we have the fastest growing demographic which is latinos. and even amongst white folks there s increasing support for immigration reform. it doesn t matter which way you slice it and look at it. i think republicans are in trouble and the message we re sending is no republican is safe and no democratic legislator either is safe if they don t get right on reform and i feel like if the republicans don t get right on reform, i really truly believe that the party s quickly on its way to extinction. kika mentioned people that are in trouble. i love to look at these things in parallel. if you look at who voted for the clean debt ceiling, look at where they are, ohio, virginia, kentucky, new jersey, michigan,
was higher in the first term than it was during any term of the entire bush administration. today more than 1,100 immigrants on average are reporting daily under this administration. so at the current rate the obama administration is on track this year to surpass a total of 2 million deportations. problem number two is that speaker boehner and the republicans are not acting in a vacuum. in fact, they re promising to make sure there s no vacuuming at all . in a conference call this week this promise was made to house republicans saying, quote, let me just be clear about one thing. from now on, any lawmaker who does not support comprehensive immigration reform should expect relentless and constant confrontations that will escalate until they agree to support immigration reform. in other words, republicans may not trust president obama but if they refuse to act on immigration reform, they can trust that there will be political pushback.