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Dreamer Who Confronted Clinton: I Was Not Happy With What She Said

September 15, 2014

Not everyone is "Ready for Hillary."

Immigration activists joined Hillary Clinton at Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin’s annual Iowa steak fry, but some were unimpressed with the potential presidential candidate’s comments about the contentious issue.

Monica Reyes, a self-proclaimed Iowa DREAMer, explained she was disappointed with Clinton’s lack of commitment to timely immigration reform.

"I was not really happy with what [Clinton] said," Reyes said. "We really need to hold Democrats accountable for this broken promise on immigration reform. Her response didn't really help out with that.

Reyes cited President Obama’s delay in making immigration reform a priority for Congress, a decision the president promised to make by the end of the summer. As a result, many of the 24 million eligible Latino voters are pulling their support from Obama.

Now Latino voters are asking Hillary to take a strong position on the immigration issue.

"I think a lot of people are thinking that [Clinton] is going to be running for president, and if she is we want to know that she supports immigrants and will be supporting immigration reform," Reyes said.

Reyes also noted that the Latino community would be "putting the pressure on Democrats" to pass immigration reform in the Senate.

"To [Democrats] it might be collateral damage, but to us it's real families being broken apart," she said.