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Asian-Americans urge Obama to reform immigration

6 days ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Asian-American members of the US Congress on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to reform immigration by year end, saying the current system was tearing families in their community apart.

Mike Honda, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, wrote Obama a letter saying that immigration reform "must remain an early priority in your administration."

"Immigration raids tear families apart, dreams of undocumented students are suspended indefinitely and growing immigration backlogs keep close family members separated for years, sometimes decades," Honda wrote.

Honda, a member of Obama's Democratic Party, said some two million Asians hoping to be reunited with families were languishing in the immigration service's backlog, account for half of such cases.

He said Asian-Americans -- who account for some five percent of the US population -- were also concerned about the Department of Homeland Security's past treatment of detainees and lack of due process.

During his campaign, Obama called for a more efficient immigration system, saying families were suffering from lengthy background checks for applicants, and said illegal residents should have a conditional path to citizenship.

Obama also criticized raids on immigration communities as ineffective, while pledging to security on US borders.

But Obama's predecessor George W. Bush twice tried and failed to pass sweeping immigration reform that would have given legal status and a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country.

Some members of Bush's Republican Party argued that immigrants were taking jobs at a time that the economy is in crisis.

Hispanic leaders have also appealed to Obama to act on immigration, urging him to call a moratorium on immigration raids and deportations.

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Are we sure we want these immigrants in our country? Be picky elected officials. Turn off the flood gates on immigration, now. Don't forget to send their anchor babies with them in the deportation. Crooks and crimes against American and America, and the invasion of Third World Countries is about to drive us over the cliff.

It is tragic that illegals' familes are torn apart, we should show compassion and send them all back to their countries of orgin so the illegals' can all be with their familes.

The tearing-up-families horsecrap again. And what constitutes an immediate family in some of these cultures: the fourth cousin twice-removed? Or perhaps the entire 3-4 million persons in the province?
And all these ethnic caucuses in Congress, are they representing any of the people not of their ethnic group who are unfortunate enough to live in their districts?

<sighs> MORE demands that we just hand over our country, full rights of citizenship, and everything else "they" want, to whatever foreign interest wants it and for whatever reason.

I just get sooooo sick and tired of this same crap.....day in, day out. It never changes.

Mike Honda

The Fifteenth Congressional District encompasses much of the central, northeastern and southwestern area of Santa Clara County. This includes the cities of Cupertino, Milpitas, Santa Clara, Campbell, Los Gatos, the west and some southern parts of San Jose, and Gilroy. Formed in 1850, Santa Clara was one of the first counties in California. It is named after Mission Santa Clara, established in 1777, and still an active parish connected with Santa Clara University.

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