Obama backs plan to legalize illegals

By Stephen Dinan,Washington Times

 

President Obama gave a thumbs up Thursday to the outline of a plan to legalize illegal immigrants and create a flow of low-skilled foreign workers for the future,saying the immigration bill being worked on by a Republican and a Democrat is "promising."

In their broad blueprint,Sens. Charles E. Schumer,New York Democrat,and Lindsey Graham,South Carolina Republican,call for illegal immigrants to be put on a path to citizenship,offer green cards to keep high-skilled foreign university graduates and would create a temporary program for low-skilled workers,with some also getting the chance to become citizens.

The senators also proposed to turn all Social Security cards into tamper-proof IDs to be checked by employers when they are about to hire a worker. The cards would include biometric information designed to prevent counterfeiting —but the senators said the information would not be stored in a government database.

"I congratulate Senators Schumer and Graham for their leadership,and pledge to do everything in my power to forge a bipartisan consensus this year on this important issue so we can continue to move forward on comprehensive immigration reform,"Mr. Obama said in a statement soon after the two senators published their blueprint in a column submitted to The Washington Post.

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