The immigration reform meeting between President Obama and Senators Schumer and Graham that was supposed to take place on Tuesday was postponed til Thursday, but the President added two additional immigration meetings to that day's schedule with immigration advocates and labor and with religious leaders and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. After the meeting, Senator Graham provided a recap of the meeting, and outlined some of the ideas he and Sen. Schumer propose for immigration reform:
- Secure the border
- Establish a biometric Social Security card
- Create a temporary worker program
- A plan for undocumented immigrants currently in the U.S.
The President, according to Graham, "welcomed the framework and indicated that he needs time to review the structure." No timeframe was given.
The senators also made it clear that they needed the President's help to move comprehensive immigration reform legislation forward. Specifically, they mentioned the ongoing issues with the virtual fence on the Southern border, and they encouraged the Administration to build a relationship with the unions to facilitate a temporary worker program. In response, the President, "committed to help resolve outstanding issues as well as seek bipartisan support for moving forward."
But Senator Graham also had a warning for the President:
"I expressed, in no uncertain terms, my belief that immigration reform could come to a halt for the year if health care reconciliation goes forward. For more than a year, health care has sucked most of the energy out of the room. Using reconciliation to push health care through will make it much harder for Congress to come together on a topic as important as immigration."
President Obama, however, remained optimistic following the meeting, in this quote from the Los Angeles Times:
The president said: "Today I met with Sens. 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 common sense answers to one of our most vexing problems."
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Next weekend, 100,000 pro-amnesty supporters are expected to flood Washington to show their support for a blanket amnesty. This is why the Sanctuary State of California needs a governor such as Steve Poizner? He has promised to fight illegal immigration and cut-off benefits to the millions settled in the state as does the majority of the “Tea Party” movement. Its time with thought of our own poor, desperate people, instead of taxes being extorted in support of foreign nationals?
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