President Barack Obama promised to talk to the Department of Homeland security to make them apply immigration law in a more humane manner, and that he would pressure republicans in Congress to get immigration reform approved as soon as possible.
In a meeting with members of the Hispanic Caucus in the White House, the American President, who arrived at his second term thanks to the Latino vote, promised to take the immigration matter as a priority and to give a dignified and humane treatment to immigrants subjected to the law.
"He (Obama) ask asked the Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, for an inventory of current practices to see how to apply more human deportations within the framework of the law," said the White house through a press release quoted by Reuters.
Despite having strong support from the Latino population in the United States, President Obama has faced harsh criticism during his first term for not using his power to reduce the number of deportations of illegal immigrants. However, before his reelection in 2012, his government managed to temporarily stop the deportations of undocumented minors who arrived at the US, brought by their parents.
Obama's government has made efforts to win the trust of the Latino vote facing the elections in November, two years after the start of his second term in favor of democrats and recovering control in Congress.
After the meeting with the President, the Hispanic Caucus assured that it would intensify pressure so that Obama would order a total suspension of deportations in the country, highlighting the elaboration of a harsher posture against the government that makes clear the growing disappointment the Hispanic community feels towards the President.
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