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Yesterday was a big day in immigration “reform” news. President Barack Obama and Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) were supposed to meet to show a united front on moving the issue forward. Schumer has been facing pressure to produce something ever since he delayed pushing legislation back in September of last year in search of more supporters. Advocates have been told over that he’s been working on something but details have been hardly forthcoming since the NY Senator said that part of his proposal would include a biometric identity card.

Today’s meeting didn’t happen. The reason was a flight cancellation. What wasn’t canceled was the struggle of countless families whose lives have been damaged and disrupted by the Obama’s administration immigration enforcement policies. Some of those families gathered yesterday in Washington D.C. to say they were sick and tired of all the words of change and hope and seeing only criminalization and heartache.

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