White House to Grant Legal Status to 12 Million Illegal Immigrants
13-Nov-2009
Written by: TheCelebrityCafe.com Staff

The Obama administration has announced that legal status will be given to approximately 12 million illegal immigrants in 2010.

While the unemployment rate, the war in Afghanistan and the state of our nation’s economy have been the primary focus of the Obama administration in recent months, officials have announced that they plan on shifting their focus to immigration in 2010. Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of U.S. Homeland Security, revealed that the Obama administration expects to grant legal status to approximately 12 million illegal immigrants in the early stages of 2010.

Their immigration plan is reportedly three-fold since they will not only grant legal status to 12 million individuals who are currently regarded as illegal immigrants, but they are also expected to implement stricter laws against illegal immigrants as well as those who hire them as employees. The third aspect of the immigration reform includes the revision of the current legal immigration system in order to make it extremely difficult, but simultaneously fair, for immigrants to achieve legal status, according to The New York Times.

Napolitano announced that measures have already been taken to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the United States since over 600 miles have been added to our nation’s border fence and 20,000 additional officers have been sent to Border Patrol to counteract mass waves of illegal immigrants.

According to The New York Times, the Obama administration’s requirements that would need to be achieved by illegal immigrants in order for them to receive legal status include registering, learning the English language, paying taxes and passing a criminal background check.


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