Sunday, November 15, 2009

Obama presses Congress to rework immigration laws

Immigration reform is supposed to begin in a few months, it should be exciting to see how we get a "tough but fair" path for legal status. - - Donna Poisl

By Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post staff writer

The Obama administration expects Congress to begin moving to overhaul the nation's immigration laws early next year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday, adding that improved border security and a drop in migration caused by the economic downturn make such changes "far more attainable" than in 2007.

"When Congress is ready to act, we will be ready to support them," said Napolitano, President Obama's "point person" on immigration policy issues. "The first part of 2010, we will see legislation beginning to move," she said.
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