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President Obama Urged To Halt Deportations For Now

President Obama Urged To Halt Deportations
Roque Planas
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National Reporter, HuffPost

TUSCON, AZ - APRIL 24: U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) denounces Arizona's tough new immigration law on April 24, 2010 in Tuscon, Arizona. Grijalva, who shut his Tuscon office the day before because of death threats, called for an economic boycott of Arizona because of the new law, which he called racist. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
TUSCON, AZ - APRIL 24: U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) denounces Arizona's tough new immigration law on April 24, 2010 in Tuscon, Arizona. Grijalva, who shut his Tuscon office the day before because of death threats, called for an economic boycott of Arizona because of the new law, which he called racist. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama is expected to renew his push for immigration reform during his State of the Union address tonight, but a group of more than 30 House Democrats led by Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona say that isn’t enough. They want him to use his executive powers to suspend deportations until Congress passes immigration legislation.

The lawmakers are upset that Obama’s administration continues to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants every year, including many who might qualify to remain in the country legally if Congress passed a bill that included a legalization program.

Until a bill is passed, the lawmakers are asking Obama to suspend the deportation of non-criminal immigrants who would qualify for legalization and later citizenship under the bipartisan immigration-reform bill passed by the Senate in June.

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