Hispanics skeptical that Obama, Democrats will deliver immigration overhaul

By Sandhya Somashekhar
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Leaders of nearly a dozen grass-roots immigrant rights groups excoriated President Obama and congressional Democrats on Monday, accusing them of moving too slowly to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants and citing a record number of deportations in 2009.

"Our community is angry. Our members feel betrayed," said Brent Wilkes, executive director of the League of United Latin American Citizens. "We never believed in our wildest dreams that President Obama would have a record like this."

The critique, among the harshest to date from Obama's erstwhile supporters, comes as the president is struggling to deliver on a campaign promise to overhaul the nation's immigration laws and with time running out for legislative action before this fall's midterm elections.

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