Secure borders but implement process for illegal immigrants to become citizens (Comments)
"But we cannot deport 12 million people. Instead, we'll require them to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for citizenship — behind those who came here legally. At the same time, we'll secure our borders and crack down on employers who hire undocumented workers." — 9/10/08, Washington, D.C.
Reform immigration laws (Comments)
"When I'm president, I will put comprehensive immigration reform back on the nation's agenda. And I will not rest until it is passed once and for all." — 7/22/07, Miami
Crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants (Comments)
"Obama will remove incentives to enter the country illegally by cracking down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants." — Obama's Blueprint for Change
If you know of other promises about immigration,
please add them to comments.
Nobama won't do anything as far as Immigration goes because he needs the Hispanic vote to much. He will not take a chance on losing the Hispanic vote for re-election!
From a humanitarian perspective, our fellow human beings, who migrate to support their families, continue to suffer at the hands of immigration policies that separate them from family members and drive them into remote parts of the American desert, sometimes to their deaths. This suffering should not continue.
Now is the time to address this pressing humanitarian issue which affects so many lives and undermines basic human dignity. Our society should no longer tolerate a status quo that perpetuates a permanent underclass of persons and benefits from their labor without offering them legal protections.