Barack Obama woos Hispanic vote with promise of citizenship for 12m illegal migrants

Posted on: July 9th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Immigration ] [ Politics ] [ Election 2008 ]
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““I will make it a top priority in my first year as President - not only because we have an obligation to secure our borders and get control of who comes in and out of our country…but because we have to finally bring undocumented immigrants out of the shadows,” he said in a speech in Washington.

Both the Democratic nominee and his Republican rival Senator John McCain addressed the League of United Latin American Citizens, the largest Latino organization in the country.”*

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