Immigration Reform Legislation Details- FOX NEWS

This is very interesting, it does seem as if the Obama administration is already pre-empting possible Republican objections.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/pol...y-end-january/


President Barack Obama will push for immigration reform within the next few weeks, according to Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry.
On America's Newsroom on Fox, Henry said that Obama is well aware that he can become a lame duck president "pretty quickly."
Obama made an initial pledge just a week after being re-elected.
"We need to seize the moment, my expectation is that we get a bill introduced and we begin the process in Congress very soon after my inauguration," Obama said on November 14th.
But skeptics point out that Obama pledged to get immigration reform done by the end of his first year in office in 2008 and failed.
"The White House privately believes they have a much different political climate now, they think they have a better shot of getting this done," Henry said on America's Newsroom on Thursday.
A political climate that now includes overwhelming Latino support for Obama and the sudden realization of the Latino sleeping giant awakened in November. Fox News exit polls show that 71 percent of Latino voters chose Obama, compared with just 27 percent who picked his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. That marks the widest gap in Latino support between two presidential candidates in history.
Senior administration officials privately said to Henry that they believe the bill will have to have some key elements to the deal in order to win over Republican support.
Provisions added by the White House to a potential immigration reform bill to shore up Republican support include:
- Stronger border security
- Penalties for purposely hiring undocumented workers
- Pathway to legal status after paying back taxes and any possible fines
- Requirement to learn English
Unable to secure immigration reform in his first term, Obama has used his own power to help undocumented immigrants.
In June of last year, Obama executed his deferred action program, which ordered immigration officials to temporarily stop deporting young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children and have never committed a crime. The program has also allowed the same undocumented immigrants to apply for temporary work permits.
Also beginning in March, undocumented immigrants will be able to seek a waiver –that would spare them serious penalties for their illegal status– while they attempt to legalize their status, said Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Wednesday.

That March waiver is the much touted Provisional Waiver that will supposedly go into effect March 4th.

I think what the administration should do is give a brief guideline on what they would like generally out of an immigration bill with no dictation about legalization and let the House go first,instead of the Senate.It would place House Republicans on the spot and give more incentive I think for Comprehensive groups to rally forcing the Senate to push for a more liberal bill and ultimately having the upper hand in negotiations possibly as groups try to ensure a more fair bill via conference if it gets that far.

Nice!

I agree, placing the onus on the house from the get-go really would put the Republican Party as the main determinant of this effort's success or failure and gives us a really good shot at melding the bill we'd like in the senate.

I wish sibling(s) of U.S Citizens could benefit from this too.

So what if you used a fk ssn number, would you still be required to "back" taxes.
And what if you have not worked in the last few years? Would they take your word
that you have not worked under the table? Such morons, at times this right-wing folk.

only for spouses and children of citizens?? no siblings?? not kool