Tuesday, December 11, 2012

After "fiscal cliff", immigration next priority for Obama

Immigration reform is next in line, according to most of what we hear.    - - Donna Poisl

By LINDSEY BOERMA / CBS NEWS

Comprehensive immigration reform will top President Obama's to-do list following his inauguration next month, the Los Angeles Times reports, with the administration's hope that a law can be passed before politics of the 2014 and 2016 elections begin to harden party lines.

The initiative - which will include a "social media blitz" - would seek, among other things, a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants, strengthened border security, an easier means of bringing in foreign workers under special visas, and stricter penalties for employers who hire illegals, according to the Times. Cabinet secretaries will push the reform's benefits to business, education, health care, and public safety.
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