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President Obama, Senator Reid Issue Statements Supporting Bipartisan Progress on Immigration Reform

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Today Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released a bipartisan framework for comprehensive immigration reform.

Here is the President’s statement, praising these efforts:

 

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 18, 2010

 

Statement by the President Praising the Bipartisan Immigration Reform Framework

In June, I met with members of both parties, and assigned Secretary Napolitano to work them and key constituencies around the country to craft a comprehensive approach that will finally fix our broken immigration system. I am pleased to see that Senators Schumer and Graham have produced a promising, bipartisan framework which can and should be the basis for moving forward.  It thoughtfully addresses the need to shore up our borders, and demands accountability from both workers who are here illegally and employers who game the system.

My Administration will be consulting further with the Senators on the details of their proposal, but a critical next step will be to translate their framework into a legislative proposal, and for Congress to act at the earliest possible opportunity.

I congratulate Senators Schumer and Graham for their leadership, and pledge to do everything in my power to forge a bipartisan consensus this year on this important issue so we can continue to move forward on comprehensive immigration reform.