Crowd boos Clinton over immigration reform – Des Moines, Iowa
Tagged: citizenship, family, Hillary Clinton, insurance, Iowa, RSSPosted on: December 1st, 2007
Five Democratic presidential candidates who spoke at the Heartland Presidential Forum Saturday in Des Moines could do little more than nod and listen as person after person – mostly out-of-state residents – shared emotional stories of perceived injustice.And the audience of 3,600 did not hesitate to express emotion. As they listened to descriptions of loss of health insurance, the stench of a nearby factory farm, or a family split up by immigration officials, the crowd frequently yelled out: “That ain’t right!” and booed.
Hillary Clinton, a U.S. senator from New York, felt the glare of their displeasure after Billy Lawless, a Chicago immigrations rights organizer, asked her if she’d commit to giving undocumented workers a path to citizenship in her first 100 days as president.”*
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Election 2008, Immigration, Politics, Top Stories
