Today, March 11, 2010, President Obama will meet with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. A top priority of the Obama campaign and a divisive domestic issue, immigration reform is crucial both to upholding our humanitarian values and helping ensure our country’s security and economic prosperity.
Our broken immigration system tears families apart, creates extensive backlogs for prospective immigrants, encourages unscrupulous employers, and relegates 12 million undocumented individuals to the shadows of society. It is about time that President Obama and Congress take on this issue and the meeting today demonstrates responsiveness to the current wave of activity in the immigration advocacy community.
Today, March 11, 2010, President Obama will meet with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. A top priority of the Obama campaign and a divisive domestic issue, immigration reform is crucial both to upholding our humanitarian values and helping ensure our country’s security and economic prosperity.
Our broken immigration system tears families apart, creates extensive backlogs for prospective immigrants, encourages unscrupulous employers, and relegates 12 million undocumented individuals to the shadows of society. It is about time that President Obama and Congress take on this issue and the meeting today demonstrates responsiveness to the current wave of activity in the immigration advocacy community.
This just in from President Obama:
Today I met with Senators Schumer and Graham and was pleased to learn of their progress in forging a proposal to fix our broken immigration system. I look forward to reviewing their promising framework, and every American should applaud their efforts to reach across party lines and find commonsense answers to one of our most vexing problems. I also heard from a diverse group of grassroots leaders from around the country about the growing coalition that is working to build momentum for this critical issue. I am optimistic that their efforts will contribute to a favorable climate for moving forward. I told both the Senators and the community leaders that my commitment to comprehensive immigration reform is unwavering, and that I will continue to be their partner in this important effort.