President Obama Recognizes NLC Leader in Speech on Immigration
August 8, 2011
by Stacey Levitt
In a recent speech to a national audience, President Obama told the poignant story of NLC Second Vice President Marie Lopez Rogers, mayor of Avondale, Ariz., who was born the daughter of hard-working migrant farm workers.
Mayor Rogers, the President shared, was the first to attend college in her family and now works at the very site in Avondale where she and her parents used to pick cotton, where city hall currently stands.
President Obama lauded Mayor Rogers' history as part of a larger dialogue on the need for comprehensive immigration reform, a dialogue which the Administration has initiated with leaders of both the private and public sectors, including NLC.
NLC welcomes the Administration's ongoing efforts to create a broader base of public support for comprehensive immigration reform by highlighting the invaluable contributions immigrants and the children of immigrants have made and are making to the country. And NLC is especially proud that the President has chosen to shine the spotlight on one of its own leaders as an example of the positive impact of immigrants in our communities and on the national economy.
"NLC agrees with the President that Mayor Rogers' story is a true inspiration to many," said NLC President James E. Mitchell Jr., councilmember, Charlotte, N.C. "We could not be more honored to have her leadership and guidance as we continue to work with Congress and the Administration to enact comprehensive immigration reform policy."
Visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/07/25/president-obama-addresses-council-la-raza to view the President's full speech.
In a recent speech to a national audience, President Obama told the poignant story of NLC Second Vice President Marie Lopez Rogers, mayor of Avondale, Ariz., who was born the daughter of hard-working migrant farm workers. Mayor Rogers, the President shared, was the first to attend college in her family and now works at the very site in Avondale where she and her parents used to pick cotton, where city hall currently stands.
President Obama lauded Mayor Rogers' history as part of a larger dialogue on the need for comprehensive immigration reform, a dialogue which the Administration has initiated with leaders of both the private and public sectors, including NLC.
NLC welcomes the Administration's ongoing efforts to create a broader base of public support for comprehensive immigration reform by highlighting the invaluable contributions immigrants and the children of immigrants have made and are making to the country. And NLC is especially proud that the President has chosen to shine the spotlight on one of its own leaders as an example of the positive impact of immigrants in our communities and on the national economy.
"NLC agrees with the President that Mayor Rogers' story is a true inspiration to many," said NLC President James E. Mitchell Jr., councilmember, Charlotte, N.C. "We could not be more honored to have her leadership and guidance as we continue to work with Congress and the Administration to enact comprehensive immigration reform policy."
Visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/07/25/president-obama-addresses-council-la-raza to view the President's full speech.
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