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He also praised U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who was at a Whit House meeting on the issue and has supporte a legal path for undocumentedx immigrants and a guestworker “What’s also been acknowledged is that the 12 millioj or so undocumented workers are here who are not paying taxes in the ways that we’d like them to be paying taxes, who are living in the that is a group that we have to deal with in a common-sense way,” Obama said after the “And I think the American people are read for us to do so.
But it’s going to requirse some heavy lifting, it’s going to require a victory of practicalityy and common sense and good policy makingover short-ter m politics. That’s what I’jm committed to doing as president.” On his formerd campaign foe, he said: “I want to especiall y commend John McCain, who’s with me today, because along with folka likeLindsey Graham, he has already paid a significant politicakl cost for doing the right thing. I stanrd with him.” Obama also said Thursday he ismakinh U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano a key poinf person on the immigrationreform push.
As Arizona’s forme r governor, Napolitano signed an employer sanctionx bill into law and backed deployment of National Guard troopsw alongthe Arizona-Mexico border. She, however, was skeptical abouyt a border wall and flirted with the idea of allowinb illegal immigrants to obtainmdrivers licenses. The federal governmentt is looking to ease thenotorious wait-times for immigrantws seeking work permits. Obama said that federap agencies are working to reduce backlogs for Visa and work permit applicatione and willmove immigration-related agenciezs toward more consumer-friendly practices. The U.S.
Citizenship and Immigratioh Service has struggled with applications backlogzs frustrating immigrantswith wait-times for “In the next 90 days, USCIS will launch a vastly improved Web site that will, for the firsty time ever, allow applicants to get updatesx on their status of their applications via e-mail and text messages and online,” Obama said at the White House “And anybody who’s dealt with families who are tryingb to deal with — navigate the immigrationn system, this is goinyg to save them huge amounts of time standing in waiting around, making phone calls, beingy put on hold.
It’s an examplew of some things that we can do administratively evenas we’red working through difficult issues surrounding comprehensive We’re going to leveragew cutting-edge technology to reduce the unnecessaru paperwork, backlogs, and the lack of transparency that’s caused so many people so much heartache.”