Cecilia Munoz
Cecilia Munoz
Cecilia Muñozis director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. Prior to that, she served as the White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. A longtime civil rights advocate, she worked as Senior Vice President for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at the National Council of La Raza, a nonprofit organization established to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans, overseeing advocacy activities that cover issues of importance to immigrants. In 2000, she was named a MacArthur Fellow for her work...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 July 1962
CityDetroit, MI
We are calling on leadership on both sides of the aisle to get back to it. The life of millions of people are at stake here. Folks are going to demand that Congress step to the plate and act.
We do think it's workable. We're encouraged by it.
We couldn't possibly support a proposal that says you can work here, but you can never be apart of our society.
It doesn't really deal with why people are migrating or why our economy is so dependent on their labor. The resourcefulness of people on both sides of the border is likely to be greater than a fence.
Without a Dr. King-like figure, we lack the capacity to create that personal connection, not just within our own community but with folks on the outside. Someone with that kind of visibility is really useful in terms of educating people.
I think it will be warfare in the Senate.
We are expressing our hopes that the Senate will do something different.
Cardinal Mahony speaking out unleashed something really big. He, the church, made this issue public in a very profound way.
Let's take a deep breath here. I guess what's frustrating is that Senator Kerry was just at our conference making terrific proposals that would benefit the immigrant community.
There are 11 million people living and working in the United States. This bill ultimately does nothing about that.
Though he is relatively new to Washington, he has blended right in as an advocate because he knows what he's talking about. He has a great passion for the community.
It's a dangerous game the Republicans are playing.
The only way something gets through is on a bipartisan vote.
It is a bill that has driven more than a million people out this week.