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Chertoff to hand Obama immigration successes

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12-04-2008, 11:24 AM
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff declared success Wednesday on President Bush's vow to double the size of the U.S. Border Patrol and near-success on his pledge to build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. The two measures leave President-elect Barack Obama in a better position to get an immigration bill passed, he said.

Mr. Chertoff said the Bush administration's recent step-up in enforcement has finally made a dent in illegal immigration, and should ease worries of those who blocked last year's immigration bill, arguing that the government needed to prove it was serious about enforcement before it could legalize current illegal aliens.

I think we have made a very good down payment on confidence and enforcement," he said, though he said it will be up to Mr. Obama to decide whether the federal government needs to do more enforcement before trying to achieve his campaign promise of a "comprehensive" immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for illegal aliens.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...ion-successes/

I am still hoping they pass dream act first.
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12-05-2008, 12:41 AM
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I can see Obama using this argument, the border is pretty secure now, let's move on and legalize those here.

This can go two ways: Dream Act and other smaller bills first then CIR or massive change going straight for CIR. I think it will depend on the success of meetings in the next month or so to gain supporters.
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