Copland and Brenner
Attorneys at Law
Practice Limited to U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law
Members, American Immigration Lawyers Association
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Immigration Reform
Obama Urges Fix to ‘Broken’ Immigration System
As reported in this article, "President Obama pressed Congress on Thursday to pass comprehensive immigration legislation to fix a ‘fundamentally broken’ system by toughening enforcement of existing laws while creating a path to citizenship for many of the 11 million people in the United States illegally.
“In his first speech devoted entirely to the hotly disputed issue since taking office, Mr. Obama tried to navigate between what he called the two extremes of the immigration debate, defending his efforts to strengthen border security while rejecting the idea of mass deportations as ‘logistically impossible and wildly expensive.’ But he said change could not wait, despite the political risks.”
Source: The New York Times | Full Article | Date posted: 7/1/2010