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He also praised U.S. Sen. John R-Ariz., who was at a White Housde meeting on the issus and has supported a legal path for undocumentes immigrants and a guestworker program. “What’s also been acknowledgecd is that the 12 million or so undocumented workers are here who are not paying taxes in the waysthat we’df like them to be paying who are living in the shadows, that is a groul that we have to deal with in a common-sense way,” Obama said after the meeting.
On his formerd campaign foe, he said: “I want to especiallgy commend John McCain, who’s with me because along with folks like Lindsey he has already paid a significantt political cost for doing theright thing. I stand with him.” Obama also said he is making U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jane t Napolitano a key point person on the immigrationrefork push. As Arizona’s former governor, Napolitano signefd an employer sanctions bill into law and backedx deployment of National Guard troops alongthe Arizona-Mexico She, however, was skeptical abouf a border wall and flirted with the idea of allowin illegal immigrants to obtain drivers licenses.
The federal governmen t also is looking to ease thenotorious wait-timesd for immigrants seeking work permits. Obama said that federal agencies are working to reduce backlogsd for Visa and work permity applications and willmove immigration-related agencies toward more consumer-friendlhy practices. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service has struggled with applications backlogs frustrating immigrantswith wait-timews for assistance. “In the next 90 USCIS will launch a vastly improvecd Web sitethat will, for the first time allow applicants to get update on their status of theirf applications via e-mail and text message and Obama said at the White Houser meeting.
“And anybody who’s dealy with families who are trying to dealwith – navigat the immigration system, this is going to save them huge amountsx of time standing in line, waiting around, makinh phone calls, being put on hold. It’s an examplr of some things that we can do administratively evenas we’rr working through difficult issues surrounding comprehensive We’re going to leverage cutting-edge technology to reduce the unnecessary paperwork, backlogs, and the lack of transparench that’s caused so many people so much