Link to the White House fact sheet: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/01/29/fact-sheet-fixing-our-broken-immigration-system-so-everyone-plays-rules
CNN's "This Just In" blog with responses from various politicians:
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/29/president-obama-to-lay-out-plan-for-immigration-overhaul/?hpt=hp_c1
On Monday, the bipartisan "gang of 8" Senators put forward their proposals for immigration reform:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/28/read-senators-release-their-plan-for-immigration-reform/?wprss=rss_business
Four Basic Legislative Pillars:
1. Create a tough but fair path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants currently living in the United States that is contingent upon securing our borders and tracking whether legal immigrants have left the country when required;
2. Reform our legal immigration system to better recognize the importance of characteristics that will help build the American economy and strengthen American families;
3. Create an effective employment verification system that will prevent identity theft and end the hiring of future unauthorized workers; and,
4. Establish an improved process for admitting future workers to serve our nation’s workforce needs, while simultaneously protecting all workers.
STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S REMARKS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM TODAY
January 29, 2013
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today released the following statement on President Obama’s remarks on immigration reform this afternoon in Las Vegas, Nevada:“I appreciate the President’s support for our bipartisan effort on comprehensive immigration reform. While there are some differences in our approaches to this issue, we share the belief that any reform must recognize America as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. We should all agree that border security and enforcement is particularly important in order to ensure that we don’t repeat the mistakes of the 1986 immigration reform. The road ahead will be not be easy, but I am cautiously optimistic that working together, we can find common ground and move forward on this vitally important issue.”
