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Secretary Napolitano: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Needed To Keep Country Secure, Administration Committed to Reform

Salem, Ore--In a speech before the Center for American Progress, Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano reiterated the Obama Administration's commitment to passage of Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Napolitano, a former border state governor who has a deep understanding of the complexity of immigration issues, has been designated by the President as the administration's point person on immigration reform.

During today's speech, Secretary Napolitano said that she expects to see legislation in early 2010 and that, "The President is committed to this issue because the need for immigration reform is so clear. This administration does not shy away from taking on the big challenges of the 21st century, challenges that have been ignored too long and hurt our families and businesses. When Congress is ready to act, we'll be ready to support them."

In discussing the failed attempt to pass Immigration Reform in 2007, Napolitano said, "I've been dealing hands on with immigration issues since 1993, so trust me: I know a major shift when I see one, and what I have seen makes reform far more attainable this time around." She went on to say that faith and law enforcement leaders are speaking out about the vital need for reform, as well as business and labor leaders.

Napolitano said that the Department of Homeland Security is ready to implement reform saying that, "We've ended a year-long backlog for background checks on applicants for green cards and naturalization. We've expanded the opportunity for a widow to gain legal status here, despite the untimely death of her U.S. citizen spouse. We've launched a new interactive website that allows people to receive information about the status of their immigration cases by email or text message, and we have reduced the time it takes to process those cases."

CAUSA, a partner in the national Reform Immigration FOR America campaign, joins with community organizations and advocates from around the nation in being ready to partner with Secretary Napolitano and the Obama Administration as they push for a humane and just comprehensive immigration reform.

"We are committed to achieving immigration reform that deals with our broken system in a humane and fair way," said Francisco Lopez, Executive Director of CAUSA. "And although Secretary Napolitano continues to express support for enforcement policies that have proven to do more harm than good, she did acknowledge today that it is time to move beyond the failed enforcement-only strategy of the past 10 years and begin the process of fixing the system. CAUSA, our members and allies around the nation and in Oregon continue to be ready to get to work with the President and Congressional leaders to make reform a reality. We look to Congress and the President to get this process underway sooner rather than later."

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CAUSA, Oregon's Immigrant Rights Coalition, is a member of the Reform Immigration FOR America coalition and is the largest Latino and Latina civil and human rights and advocacy organization in the Pacific Northwest. We work to defend and advance immigrant rights through coordination with local, state, and national coalitions and allies. For more information, visit www.causaoregon.org

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN: The Reform Immigration FOR America campaign is a coalition of more than 600 faith, labor, business, progressive, and immigration reform groups that have joined together to get comprehensive immigration reform passed. For more information please visit www.reformimmigrationforamerica.org or www.reformamigratoriaproamerica.org
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“Today’s meeting was a needed step on the road to fulfilling the promise of comprehensive immigration reform made to millions of voters, with both President Obama and Secretary Napolitano unambiguously stating their commitment to see this issue addressed” said Clarissa Martínez De Castro, NCLR Director of Immigration and National Campaigns. “And we had an opportunity to communicate that this is a step that needs to be accompanied by other actions, including greater accountability in the oversight, implementation, and decision to continue programs that have led to abuse and rights violations in Latino and immigrant communities, as well as concrete action to deliver legislation that will truly restore dignity and balance to our broken immigration system.

“Just as the president and secretary promised to examine current practices and hold agencies accountable, so will the Latino community lend its support for reform and hold the administration and Congress accountable for moving forward on an issue the vast majority of Americans support. Immigration reform is morally imperative, politically smart, and urgently needed—inaction is simply not an option,” Martínez De Castro concluded." Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=58929 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/21/obama-drops-by-immigration-meeting-promises-reform/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/21/obama-drops-by-immigration-meeting-promises-reform/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:59:46 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=58797 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=58797 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/21/chirla-to-napolitano-we-expect-immediate-action-on-immigration-reform/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/21/chirla-to-napolitano-we-expect-immediate-action-on-immigration-reform/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:00:33 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/21/chirla-to-napolitano-we-expect-immediate-action-on-immigration-reform/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=58771 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/18/napolitano-liderara-una-reunion-sobre-la-reforma-migratoria-en-la-casa-blanca/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/18/napolitano-liderara-una-reunion-sobre-la-reforma-migratoria-en-la-casa-blanca/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:23:11 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=58614 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=58614 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/12/napolitano-focuses-on-immigration-enforcement-not-overhaul/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/12/napolitano-focuses-on-immigration-enforcement-not-overhaul/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:03:22 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/12/napolitano-focuses-on-immigration-enforcement-not-overhaul/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=58100 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/07/09/government-rescinds-no-match-rule-would-have-unlawfully-used-the-error-ridden-social-security-administration-database/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/07/09/government-rescinds-no-match-rule-would-have-unlawfully-used-the-error-ridden-social-security-administration-database/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:47:27 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=56142 "" Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=56142 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/07/09/obama-administration-mandates-bush-administration-e-verify-rule-for-federal-contractors/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/07/09/obama-administration-mandates-bush-administration-e-verify-rule-for-federal-contractors/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:44:37 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=56139 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=56139 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/19/full-text-remarks-by-the-president-at-the-esperanza-national-hispanic-prayer-breakfast/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/19/full-text-remarks-by-the-president-at-the-esperanza-national-hispanic-prayer-breakfast/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:13:59 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=54872 "THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Buenos días.

AUDIENCE: Buenos días.

THE PRESIDENT: It is good to see everybody here. Just a few quick acknowledgments. Our outstanding Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, is here. Please give her a big round of applause. (Applause.) The great governor of the state of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell. (Applause.) Two special members of my staff that I want all of you to get to know. First of all, we have a White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships -- if you haven't already met him, Joshua DeBois is just a wonderful young man, please give him a big round of applause; he helps to organize a lot of our faith outreach. (Applause.) And our director of Intergovernmental Affairs, one of my favorite people, Cecilia Muñoz, please give her a big round of applause. (Applause.)

I want to thank Reverend Cortes for the wonderful introduction and the wonderful prayer for me and my family. I want to thank Esperanza, and all of you who worked so hard to put together the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference. And I also want to join you in honoring the work of Adolfo Carrion Sr. on this Father's Day weekend -- (applause) -- on this Father's Day weekend I know that my director of Urban Affairs, Adolfo's son, is particularly proud of his dad. I also want to thank all of you for the work that you do each and every day. Through your service to your communities, you represent the very best in our country. And I'm honored to join you in prayer this morning.

At a time when there's no shortage of challenges to occupy our time, it's even more important to step back, and to give thanks, and to seek guidance from each other -- but most importantly, from God. That's what we've come here to do.

We can begin by giving thanks for the legacy that allows us to come together. For it was the genius of America's Founders to protect the freedom of all religion, and those who practice no religion at all. So as we join in prayer, we remember that this is a nation of Christians and Muslims and Jews and Hindus and non-believers. It is this freedom that allows faith to flourish within our borders. It is this freedom that makes our nation stronger.

For those of us who draw on faith as a guiding force in our lives, prayer has many purposes. For many, it is a source of support when times are hard. President Lincoln, who Reverend Cortes mentioned, once said, "I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go." And while the challenges that I've faced pale in comparison to Lincoln's, I know that more than once I've been filled with the same conviction over the last five months.

But prayer is more than a last resort. Prayer helps us search for meaning in our own lives, and it helps us find the vision and the strength to see the world that we want to build. And that's what I'd like to talk about for just a few minutes today." Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=54872 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/17/president-barack-obama-to-address-2009-national-hispanic-prayer-breakfast/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/17/president-barack-obama-to-address-2009-national-hispanic-prayer-breakfast/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:56:11 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=54544 "The following release was released today by Esperanza USA:

WHAT: National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast & Conference

WHEN: Friday, June 19th 7:30 - 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: JW Marriott Hotel Ballroom, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

WHO: President Barack Obama

The Reverend Luis Cortes, Jr, president, Esperanza (Host)

The Honorable Janet Napolitano

The Honorable Eric Cantor (R-VA)

Gov. Ed Rendell, recipient, Esperanza Leadership Award

Hispanic pastors from Esperanza's national network of over 12,000 Hispanic congregations, faith and community-based agencies; from Roman Catholic to Pentecostal, 42 states and 27 countries of origin.

Esperanza is the largest Hispanic Evangelical faith-based organization in the country. With a national network of over 12,000 Hispanic congregations, faith and community-based agencies, they are a leading voice for Hispanics in America.

Other Conference events include:

Wednesday, June 17th 6:30 - 8:00 pm The State of Hispanic Housing Dinner / JW Marriott

WHO: Secretary Shaun Donovan, HUD

Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)

Thursday, June 18th 7:00 - 9:00 pm Esperanza Partners and Awards Dinner / JW Marriott

WHO: Mr. Adolfo Carrion, Jr., Director, White House Office of Urban Affairs

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