Community leaders react to Obama's immigration reform
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YAKIMA, Wash. -- Yakima community leaders are speaking out about Obama's announcement regarding deportation deferral.
The new rules allow young immigrants who are under 30, and were brought here by their parents before the age of 16, to stay in the country.
They also must have a job or be enrolled in school of the military.
KIMA spoke with a congressional candidate who says the lighter laws are good for our area.
"We're an agricultural area, our economy here is the Yakima Valley
has been built here on the labor of immigrants, as well as the
people here, so I applaud the President's decision," said Mary Baechler, 4th District Congressional Candidate.
Meanwhile, leaders like Bob West of Yakima's Grassroots Efforts, say Obama is allowing room for more illegal activity by pardoning those who are here illegally.
The new rules allow young immigrants who are under 30, and were brought here by their parents before the age of 16, to stay in the country.
They also must have a job or be enrolled in school of the military.
KIMA spoke with a congressional candidate who says the lighter laws are good for our area.
"We're an agricultural area, our economy here is the Yakima Valley
has been built here on the labor of immigrants, as well as the
people here, so I applaud the President's decision," said Mary Baechler, 4th District Congressional Candidate.
Meanwhile, leaders like Bob West of Yakima's Grassroots Efforts, say Obama is allowing room for more illegal activity by pardoning those who are here illegally.
