President Obama will attend the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual gala next month.
He has addressed the gala three times as president and in 2008 as a candidate, last talking to the crowd in 2011. Obama will be speaking this year amid anger from the Latino community on his delaying of executive action on immigration reform — something he will have to address, the White House told NBC Latino.
“His attendance reflects his ongoing commitment to the Latino community and the future of Latino and Latina leaders that CHCI works so hard to develop each year,” CHC chairman Rep. Rubén Hinojosa said in a statement.
The official end of summer came and went without executive action by President Obama on immigration, something he originally promised.
Under pressure from Democratic senators in tough re-election bids, Obama opted to delay executive action until after the midterm elections.
