Tomorrow, US President Barack Obama is announcing a new approach to immigration reform. This is an issue I care deeply about, and that organizations like FWD.us have focused on helping to achieve. America is a nation of immigrants. We need a fair immigration system that welcomes the most talented and hardworking people, that treats the children brought here by their parents with compassion and that consistently enforces our laws. I started personally focusing on this when I taught a class at a local middle school. I found out later than some of my best students were undocumented. They had lived in the US for as long as they could remember. They are good, talented students, and it is deeply unfair that they wont have the same opportunities as the rest of my kids. Right now there are 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US. Many of them perform roles that are important to our lives and our economy. But they live in fear because of their uncertain legal status. We need to fix this. Most people -- both Republicans and Democrats -- agree our immigration system is broken. But they havent yet been able to come together to propose a joint solution. I hope they will continue to work to pass legislation. Tomorrow President Obama is going to discuss the changes he plans to make using his own authority. I encourage you to tune in. You can watch the President talk about his upcoming announcements here: https://facebook/barackobama/posts/10152699817926749
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:04:05 +0000
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