President Barack Obama has said the time has come for a
sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system. He made his case at a high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, a
day after a bipartisan group of senators released an outlined framework for the
Immigration reform.
The White House and senators envisage a path to citizenship
for many of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US.
The move reflects the growing influence of Hispanic voters. In
his opening remarks, Mr Obama said: "The time has come for common-sense,
comprehensive immigration reform." He noted that the current system was "out of date and
badly broken".
Mr Obama's case for an immigration revamp reflects a
blueprint he rolled out in 2011, though that did not go far, to the
disappointment of Latino voters.
On Tuesday 29th January 2013, the US president
championed the proposals outlined a day earlier by a group of four Democratic
and four Republican senators.
"The good news is that for the first time in many years
Republicans and Democrats seem ready to tackle this problem together," he
said.
But Mr Obama added that if Congress did not take action, the White House would write legislation of
its own and insist that lawmakers vote on it.
(Good News – I just like this
guy!) *Really smiling*
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