During the President's State of the Union, he shed a little light to the less prioritized issue of immigration. While it is true that America is a hub of people wanting a better way of living, but we could not deny the fact that a bigger percentage of these people is a potential asset to the country and not a liability. I could see a better approach on immigration in the President's speech that instead of chasing the violators, embrace them and make use of their potential to improve and help the economy going.
President Obama addressed those who came into the US more recently to “study science, business and engineering”. His argument for legal students to find a way to citizenship is that “as soon as they graduate we sent them home to invent new products and create new jobs somewhere else”.
President Obama addressed the issue of “many hundreds of thousands of talented, hardworking students in this country …who aren’t yet American citizens. Many were brought here as small children.” They are “through and through” Americans but faces the threat of deportation. His argument for illegal children is that they get an education here in the US and are faced with an uncertain future.
He challenged the Congress to pass legislation paving the way for the above to get citizenship. In an election year, it is anyone’s guess what the Congress will do. But no matter what, this issue will get ample attention in coming months.
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