Donald Trump meets the wife of Steve Jobs on the immigration issue
WASHINGTON: The US president Donald Trump met the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, to discuss "immigration and political education", the media reported. The meeting was held on Wednesday in the Oval Office, EFE news.
Ms. Powell Jobs, an activist, is the founder and president of an organization called Emerson collective that focuses on "barrier removal" to "education, immigration reform (and) the environment."
The content of the meeting were not immediately clear, but, according to White House spokesman Lindsay Walters, she was scheduled to speak with Trump of "education and immigration."
The California activist for years supported the Dream Act, a bill that failed in the Senate and that would have legalized the status of tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants who came to the US as young children - the group known as "Dreamers".
In addition to press for immigration reform and the rights of Dreamers through his organization, Ms. Powell Jobs has made clear his views on the recent measures on immigration adopted by Mr Trump on his Twitter account.
Three weeks. Three orders.
Three weeks, three executive orders on immigration. Instead of a balanced approach to restore the rule of law and improve our security in a rational and humane way, these measures are creating fear and ...
emersoncollective.com
"We can not remain silent. Too much suffering already. America wants common sense immigration reform, not mass deportation," Ms. Powell Jobs had said earlier about the executive orders of Mr. Trump to toughen the immigration policy.
"This action against immigration and refugees will go down in history as a source of national shame. Speak, speak out. Do not accept hatred," he wrote on Twitter after Mr. Trump has signed an executive order to create more detention centers for undocumented migrants and speed up deportations.
WASHINGTON: The US president Donald Trump met the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, to discuss "immigration and political education", the media reported. The meeting was held on Wednesday in the Oval Office, EFE news.
Ms. Powell Jobs, an activist, is the founder and president of an organization called Emerson collective that focuses on "barrier removal" to "education, immigration reform (and) the environment."
The content of the meeting were not immediately clear, but, according to White House spokesman Lindsay Walters, she was scheduled to speak with Trump of "education and immigration."
The California activist for years supported the Dream Act, a bill that failed in the Senate and that would have legalized the status of tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants who came to the US as young children - the group known as "Dreamers".
In addition to press for immigration reform and the rights of Dreamers through his organization, Ms. Powell Jobs has made clear his views on the recent measures on immigration adopted by Mr Trump on his Twitter account.
Three weeks. Three orders.
Three weeks, three executive orders on immigration. Instead of a balanced approach to restore the rule of law and improve our security in a rational and humane way, these measures are creating fear and ...
emersoncollective.com
"We can not remain silent. Too much suffering already. America wants common sense immigration reform, not mass deportation," Ms. Powell Jobs had said earlier about the executive orders of Mr. Trump to toughen the immigration policy.
"This action against immigration and refugees will go down in history as a source of national shame. Speak, speak out. Do not accept hatred," he wrote on Twitter after Mr. Trump has signed an executive order to create more detention centers for undocumented migrants and speed up deportations.
Comments
Post a Comment