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  • President's immigration reform speech a good sign,says US Conference Catholic Bishops migration dir

    07/02/2010 9:47:02 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 31 replies
    catholic news agency ^ | July 1 2010 | catholic news agency
    Commenting on President Obama's speech on immigration reform Thursday morning, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops migration director told CNA that the address was a “good sign” that the president is concerned and involved with the issue. On July 1, President Obama spoke on the need to reform the country's “broken” immigration system, condemning partisanship and stressing the necessity of both parties working together to pass immigration reform. The president also criticized states such as Arizona for taking “ill-conceived” steps in devising their own legislative responses in reforming immigration policies. Although the speech was received by the media with mixed...