Thread: Obama pledges to push immigration reform

Mar 18, 2010

Obama pledges to push immigration reform

04:51 PM
By BILL CLARK, Gannett

Just hours after he cancelled an international trip to stay in Washington and fight for health care legislation, President Obama has announced that he's ready to start pushing forward on another controversial issue: immigration reform. In an election year, no less.

A week after he met with senators Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, and Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, to talk about immigration, he congratulated them on working together to come up with a "framework" for reform.

"I am pleased to see that Senators Schumer and Graham have produced a promising, bipartisan framework which can and should be the basis for moving forward," Obama said. " It thoughtfully addresses the need to shore up our borders, and demands accountability from both workers who are here illegally and employers who game the system."

Obama said his administration will work with the senators on the details and pledged to "do everything in my power to forge a bipartisan consensus this year on this important issue so we can continue to move forward on comprehensive immigration reform."
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Geeze, Oblahblah never comes up for air does he? Maybe he will work himself into a heart attack.