Immigrants Are Too Wary to Even Learn About Obama's Immigration Plan

Daniel Jimenez’s job at the United Farm Workers Foundation is to promote the biggest reprieve for undocumented immigrants in a generation to as many as possible. On a recent day, after waiting an hour past the appointed 6 p.m. start, he began speaking to eight tomato-pickers and pistachio-tree planters and a dozen empty chairs.

Jimenez had traveled to Hanford, California, to publicize President Barack Obama’s executive action easing immigration rules. While the order is designed to protect as many as 5 million people from deportation, it pays for no efforts to publicize its benefits. People were wary even before a judge put it on hold.