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Obama pushes immigration reform with CEOs, labor leaders

By Justin Sink - 02/04/13 08:36 PM ET

President Obama will continue his push for comprehensive immigration reform Tuesday with a series of meetings at the White House, courting both leading progressive and Labor leaders and business executives.

The president will meet with with two waves: in the morning, a wave of allies, including those from civil rights groups and unions, and in the afternoon, business leaders from leading banks and corporations. Notable names include AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, labor and immigration activist Eliseo Medina, and Yahoo! president Marissa Mayer.

The meetings are part of a coordinated effort by the White House to earn momentum for a comprehensive immigration deal. President Obama outlined the parameters of his preferred approach in a speech last week in Las Vegas; bipartisan groups in the Senate and House are both reportedly circulating around firm legislative language.

"The President and his team will continue to highlight the importance of comprehensive immigration reform this week, meeting with key stakeholders, CEOs and law enforcement officials to discuss the benefits from an economic and a security perspective while also underscoring the historic progress that has been made when it comes to securing our nation's borders," White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday.

Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has been dispatched to the Southwest, where she is holding a series of events to discuss her department's efforts to secure the border. Napolitano will also tour border security operations in Texas and California. 

Upon her return on Wednesday, Napolitano and other administration officials plan to meet with law enforcement officials from across the country to discuss the president's proposal. According to Carney, the White House will attempt to "underscore the unprecedented financial and human investment this administration has made in securing our borders and making borders communities safer."

Below, the full list of attendees at the Tuesday meeting, as provided by the White House:

Progressive and Labor Leaders

Deepak Bhargava, Center for Community Change

Marshall Fitz, Center for American Progress

Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Marielena Hincapie, National Immigration Law Center

Deepa Iyer, NCAPA/SAALT

Ben Jealous, NAACP

Cristina Jimenez, United We Dream

Eliseo Medina, SEIU

Mee Moua, Asian American Justice Center

Janet Murguia, National Council of la Raza

Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum

Arturo Rodriguez, United Farm Workers

Frank Sharry, America’s Voice

Rachel Tiven, Immigration Equality

Gustavo Torres, Casa de Maryland

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO


Business Leaders

Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs Group

Greg Brown, Chairman and CEO, Motorola Solutions

Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution LLC

Joe Echevarria, CEO, Deloitte LLP

Paul Jacobs, Chairman and CEO, Qualcomm

Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca Cola Company

Klaus Kleinfeld, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa

Monica Lozano, CEO, Impremedia

Marissa Mayer, President and CEO, Yahoo!

Greg Page, Chairman and CEO, Cargill

Jeff Smisek, Chairman and CEO, United Continental

Arne Sorenson, President and CEO, Marriott International


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