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The Greater Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
President talks about immigration reform
Ed Martinez and Marvin Lizama At KXTD studios President Barack Obama gave his
to citizenship for many of the 11 million
Obama rejected mass deportations
first speech devoted entirely to immigra-
people in the United States without doc-
and he said they would be “logistically
tion policy since taking office last July 1,
uments.
impossible and wildly expensive." He
at
the
American
University
in
Washington, D.C.
Under Obama's proposal, undocumented immigrants who wish to remain
also said that “in sum, the system is broken and everybody knows it.”
"I’m ready to move forward, the
in the country would be required to
In order to avoid misunderstandings
majority of Democrats are ready to
admit they broke the law and pay fines
of the presidential address, Francisco
move forward, and I believe the majority
and back taxes, pass background
Treviño, President & CEO of the Greater
of Americans are ready to move for-
checks and prove that they can speak
Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
ward,” said Obama. “But the fact is,
English before going to the back of the
(GTHCC); Ed Martínez, Vice Chairman
without bipartisan support, as we had
line of those seeking permanent resi-
of the Board of Directors of the GTHCC
just a few years ago, we cannot solve
dency. It would also strengthen border
and Marvin Lizama, President of the
this problem.”
security and interior enforcement, cre-
American Dream Coalition broadcasted
Obama described the immigration
ate a process for temporary workers
a special radio program hosted at the
issue from the two extremes of the mat-
and require Social Security cards with
KXTD 1530AM La Que Buena.
ter, defending his efforts to strengthen
biometric data like fingerprints or retinal
border security while promoting a path
patterns. PG 3