Obama warns of migration plans “wrong”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday warned that without federal immigration reform would open the door for “misguided efforts” as an Arizona decision that raised questions about respect for civil rights.
Obama pushed for immigration reform in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, in which 24 members of U.S. military forces from China, Mexico, Ethiopia and other countries became citizens Americans.
“Today we celebrate the essence of the country we love, an America in which many of our ancestors came from somewhere else,” said Obama, whose father was Kenyan.
“So a day like this we should also remember how we remain a country of immigrants and a country under the rule of law,” Bush said. “This includes composing the broken U.S. immigration system,” he said.
Just hours after Obama described the Arizona law as a threat that undermines thefdcbasic notions of fairness that we celebrate Americans, “the Republican governor of the State Jan Brewer signed the toughest immigration law in the country.
Democratic Congressional leaders are weighing in 2010 trying to promote immigration reform, a hot topic in the United States, where some 10.8 million illegal immigrants living and working in the shadows.
The Democratic Party fears a political backlash from voters of Hispanic heritage in the legislative elections November by the lack of progress on the issue since Obama took office.
However, many conservatives oppose a relaxation of rules for illegal immigrants to become citizens and complain that they use resources and take jobs that are Americans.
The law passed in the southern state of Arizona, which borders Mexico, require local police to determine whether people are in the United States illegally.
Congressional leaders have discussed the idea of addressing the issue of migration in 2010, but after the tough battle for health system reform will difficult to try the penalty of another controversial issue before the election.
(Reporting by Tabassum Zakaria, Editing by Juan Jose Lagorio Spanish)