{"id":695069,"date":"2010-03-18T17:29:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T21:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9514638970b"},"modified":"2010-03-18T22:25:37","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T02:25:37","slug":"bipartisan-immigration-reform-framework-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/695069","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan immigration reform framework announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef01310fb922a0970c-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lanow.border\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef01310fb922a0970c image-full \" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef01310fb922a0970c-800wi\" title=\"Lanow.border\"><\/img><\/a> <br \/><\/br>Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) have laid out the framework for\u00a0a comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform bill that would include tougher border enforcement, creation of biometric Social Security cards and a path to legalization for the nation&#8217;s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants. <\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the plan, which brought immediate praise from President Obama, comes days before a pro-immigration march scheduled for the nation\u2019s capital on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt thoughtfully addresses the need to shore up our borders, and demands accountability from both workers who are here illegally and employers who game the system,\u201d Obama said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA critical next step will be to translate their framework into a legislative proposal, and for Congress to act at the earliest possible opportunity.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The plan includes four basic pillars, including the creation of biometric Social Security cards to ensure illegal workers cannot get jobs in the future; fulfilling and strengthening border security and interior enforcement; creating a process for admitting temporary workers; and implementing a tough but fair path to legalization for those already here. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Anna Gorman<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Border Patrol Agent Munga Wechsler, 26, looks for signs of illegal entry into the U.S. along the border fence near Antelope Wells, N.M.\u00a0 Credit: Don Bartletti \/ Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) have laid out the framework for\u00a0a comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform bill that would include tougher border enforcement, creation of biometric Social Security cards and a path to legalization for the nation&#8217;s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants. The announcement of the plan, which brought immediate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2624,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-695069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2UON","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2624"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}