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Focus: Immigration

By New Media Dept. - Nov 2nd, 2008 at 4:14 pm EST

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Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden are committed to immigration reform to secure our borders and give priority to hard-working immigrant families instead of corporate interests. Their plan for immigration reform proposes practical and humanitarian solutions for real problems. The plan includes three main components:

Border Security

Obama and Biden want to preserve the integrity of our borders. They support additional personnel, infrastructure, and technology on the border and at our ports of entry.

Improve our Immigration System

Obama and Biden believe we must fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill.

Bring People out of the Shadows

Obama and Biden support a system that requires undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens.

In this video, Senator Barack Obama talks about his comprehensive plan for immigration reform:

You can read more about the Obama-Biden plan for immigration reform in our section on immigration. You can also watch more immigration-related videos featuring Senator Obama, read the full plan, or give us your feedback on immigration policy.

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By Torgny V.O.B. Nov 2nd 2008 at 4:40 pm EST (Updated Nov 2nd 2008 at 4:40 pm EST)

As long as there are poor countries and countries without democracy, people will continue to enter other nations illegally. And when there is no poor nation and democracy everywhere the problem will disappear by itself. I see no other solution.

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By Javier Nov 8th 2008 at 2:36 pm EST (Updated Nov 8th 2008 at 2:36 pm EST)

I believe that is no better person than the one is on that situation,and the solution is so simple,and Mr President, all ready say that:
Register,every body,and check first of all the criminal record, not just here but, in the Country of origin, From there, the eligible people will be assigned for residence, and them from there to a citizen ship.
Because most of all the migrants, comes for one reason, work. and because in those countries there is no way to come here legally if you don't have at least a house a car and some 10K or more in the bank, plus all the legal fees,so for the people that think is just coming to America like old times, just show up on the port and you get the papers, so many risk they're lives, and all the saving from a life time. I'm so sorry to be so poor, but is a reason for it and most of all is bad politics.
Now is the time to fix all this years of wrong doing, and yes the biggest wall we need to go through is the hate, and that will be there always, but just for ones, we need you as well as you need us, I know we are going to make this change, God bless America because this is the place for the opportunity, freedom and the land of the brave, we love America, as much is you do, and our sons and daughters will be the sunrise of this great NATION, Lets work together, not just on immigration, but all the above, we are the people for the change, and we will be the people in history who make that change.
I wait for a moment like this, not much of me, but for the next generation, I pray for Mr President Barack Obama and all the people around Him, and I'm sure we can make this change.

Dear President of The United States of America,
We the people count on you, and you can count on all of us.
Because I live the American dream, with my family, we are forever grateful, and I will work harder for a better world. "Javier the Janitor"

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By Unknown user Nov 10th 2008 at 3:49 pm EST (Updated Nov 10th 2008 at 3:49 pm EST)

Le admiro grandemente a usted y a esa hermosa familia que le acompaña. Tengo muchas esperanzas que todo cambie a partir de ahora. Usted es el cambio que el mundialmente estábamos esperando. Mis cordiales saludos

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