“Before immigration debates took place in #Washington, I spoke with Eliseo Medina and SEIU members,” said then-Sen. Barack #Obama, addressing the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) at a stop for his 2008 presidential campaign.

He later brought #EliseoMedina into the #WhiteHouse to help construct immigration rules/laws.

“[If] we reform the immigration laws, it puts 12 million people on the path to citizenship and eventually voters. [In 2008] … Barack Obama got two out of every three [Latino] voters that showed up…. Can you imagine 8 million new [Latino] voters who care about our issues and will be voting? We will be creating a governing coalition for the long term, not just for an election cycle.”

- Also in 2004, Medina received Chicago DSA’s Eugene Debs/Norman Thomas/Michael Harrington Award—named in honor of three prominent American socialists—for his many years of social activism.









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