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WASHINGTON — Leaders of nearly a dozen grassroots immigrant-rights groups excoriated President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats at a news conference 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.”
Advocates have promised to bring tens of thousands of demonstrators to Washington March 21 for a protest and to punish Democrats at the polls in November if an immigration bill is not brought to a vote.
