Activists Who Fear Border Woes Will Undercut Their Agenda Demand Meeting With Mayorkas
During Obama’s second term in 2012 and 2013, immigration activists met weekly with the former director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at his behest in the run-up to the implementation of the DACA program, which allows young immigrants to remain in the U.S. and work legally. “The relationship was not always friends,” said Cristina Jimenez, the co-founder of United We Dream, describing “pressure, difficult meetings, and tension,” but ultimately the dialogue was “fruitful” and “productive....