Organizing for Action is pressuring House Speaker John Boehner to bring comprehensive immigration reform up for a vote.
In a mass email Thursday, the nonprofit organizing group created to push Obama’s second term agenda called on supporters to call House Speaker John Boehner’s office “to tell him you want to see him bring comprehensive immigration reform to a vote in the House.”
After calling the Ohio congressman, OFA supporters are encouraged to fill out a form to tell the organization how the call went.
OFA further offered a ready-made tweet for people to send to the House Speaker and “let John Boehner know it’s time to stop dragging his feet.”
“.@SpeakerBoehner, the time for immigration reform is now. Don’t stand in the way of our future. #TakeItToTheHouse,” it reads.
At a press conference Tuesday, Boehner took issue with a reporter’s question, asserting that he has taken “a hands off approach on immigration.”
Boehner interrupted the reporter’s question, TheDC’s Alex Pappas reported, disagreeing with its premise.
“Nobody has spent more time trying to fix a broken immigration system than I have,” he said.
“I talked about it the day after the election. And I’ve talked about it a hundred times since,” Boehner added. “While some may disagree about how we’re going about fixing the broken immigration system, it’s been a big goal of mine.”
Boehner has favored a step-by-step approach to reform over the large-scale immigration law overhaul passed by the Senate.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Tuesday called Boehner’s commitment to immigration reform “a little laughable.”
According to the email, the organization will be calling out lawmakers who the group believes are “are refusing to act on immigration reform” and rallying in support for the “the ones who are fighting with us to pass the biggest reforms of our immigration system in decades.”
Last Thursday OFA announced that nearly 600 volunteers at more than 100 phone banks made more then 20,000 calls for immigration reform.
Emmy Ruiz, the immigration campaign manager for the organization, signed the email to supporters, which also featured a link allowing supporters to share their stories about why they support immigration reform as well as a link to a donation page.