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Moving Towards Immigration Reform
Immigration Lawyers - May 20, 2009
Washington D.C. - Today the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security held a hearing entitled "Securing the Borders and America's Points of Entry, What Remains to Be Done" and announced a forthcoming series of hearings titled "Road To Immigration Reform in 2009: Clearing the Hurdles." Additionally, the White House has announced a meeting to begin policy discussions on immigration reform on June 8th. The following is a statement by Mary Giovagnoli, Director of the Immigration Policy Center:
"The evidence that immigration reform is picking up steam continues to grow. Today's immigration hearing in the Senate addressed border security from a broader perspective, one which recognized both the exhaustive measures already underway to secure our borders, and yet offered a critical examination of the negative impact of enforcement measures conducted at the expense of local law enforcement. Today's hearing makes clear that local law enforcement officials in the thick of immigration issues understand that shifting the immigration enforcement burden to state and local government undermines community safety because it breeds mistrust and diverts resources from local priorities. And more telling still, these same officials believe that comprehensive immigration reform is key to resolving the immigration enforcement dilemma.
the White House continues to lay the groundwork for immigration reform by convening a meeting of Congressional leaders in early June. Thus, step-by-step, the President continues to make good on his promise to fix our broken system.
The growing momentum towards reform suggests that the time is now for sensible, fair and workable solutions to reform our immigration system in a way that benefits all Americans. Today's hearing and the upcoming discussions between the White House and Congress are two more positive steps on the road to reform."
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