Immigration Reform Seen to Begin on 2010
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The administration of President Barack Obama included immigration reforms as one of his top agenda speaking of fixing a broken immigration policy in the country. This stand has put hope to a lot of concerned people who seek to be legal citizens in the US or those legal immigrants who are separated with their families who were left in their native countries. With the talks of the health care bill getting a lot of national attention, many are thinking when the immigration reform will be given priority and if it can still be passed this year.
During President Obama’s North American summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, reports said that he is expecting a draft for the comprehensive immigration bill before the year ends but start of the immigration system overhaul talks will have to start by next year, 2010. This statement created mixed strong emotions with the many groups pushing for immigration reform to be initialized this year. These groups include Asian and Pacific Islanders organizations whose aim is to have an immigration reform that will address many issues faced by them.
The quest for immigration reform is strongly being pushed by these groups to resolve many cases of undocumented illegal immigrants in the US for one. There must be a path to citizenship for all those illegal aliens who are already in the country and seeks to become legal citizens. They believe that the comprehensive immigration reform will also serve to end the separation of many families caught up in backlogs waiting for immigrant visas. An example is a Filipino legal permanent resident waiting time of 4 to 5 years at the minimum for a spousal visa to be released based on the current Visa Bulletin for August 2009.
With the current administration’s position on the priority for the comprehensive immigration reform, Asian and Pacific Islanders, perhaps even Latinos and Mexicans are still optimistic that the administration will still listen to their requests for a faster action on the immigration reform.
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