Obama takes up US immigration reform debate once more
March 05 2010 by Liam Clifford
In a bid to revive his US immigration reform bill, President Obama took up the issue with his staff this week. Reports claim he hopes to advance the bill through Congress before his administration gets distracted by the mid-term elections.
The
bill has already been postponed this year much to the disappointment of
immigration advocacy groups who are eager to see a route to citizenship
introduced for the millions of undocumented immigrants living and working in the
US.
Now, Obama has reportedly asked two senators, Democrat Charles E.
Schumer and Republican Lindsey Graham, to produce a bluprint of the bill that
can later be turned into legislation.
The White House maintained that the
route to citizenship would not come easy for the illegals living in the US. They
would need to pay taxes, register and pay penalties for legal violations. They
can also be sent home if they don’t comply with the requirements.
The
bill has won the support of religious groups and immigration advocates, along
with many in the corporate world who would benefit from the addition of over ten
million people into the tax-paying legal workforce.
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