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New York - The republican candidate for the White House Senator John McCain, promised that if he wins, a day after he is sworn in as a new president of the United States, he will pressure Congress to enact a law immediately in favor of immigration reform.

The candidate that appears today eight points behind his democrat rival Barack Obama, did the pronouncement in an interview that he granted to the Hispanic newspaper La Opinion in Los Angeles. He said not to believe those who say that his position relating to the immigration issue is going to cost him votes for the presidency.

McCain said that it is completely false that he has abandoned his original commitment to fight for reform (amnesty) for the more than 12 million undocumented immigrants that reside in the United States and that includes the failed proposal of President Bush, to secure the borders first.

"This reform will be a priority in my administration because it is about federal responsibility", added the contender of the Republican Party. "We will undertake immigration reform (amnesty) and on the day after my inauguration, I will ask Congress to reconsider it, although I believe that first we have to secure our borders, set in motion a plan for guest workers that works and to focus on the issue of the undocumented in a humane and compassionate way".