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The President:
Hello, El Paso!

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(applause)

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Well, it is wonderful --
wonderful to be back with

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all of you in the
Lone Star State.

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(applause)

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Everything is bigger in Texas.

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(applause)

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Audience Member:
We love you!

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The President:
I love you back!

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(applause)

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Even the welcomes are bigger.

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(applause)

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So, in appreciation, I wanted to
give a big policy speech outside

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on a really hot day.

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(laughter)

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Those of you who are still
wearing your jackets,

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feel free to take them off.

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I hope everybody is
wearing sunscreen.

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Audience Member:
We live here.

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The President:
You say you live here?

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You don't need it, huh?

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(laughter)

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Well, it is a great
honor to be here.

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And I want to express my
appreciation to all of you

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for taking the time
to come out today.

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Audience Member:
We love you!

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The President:
Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you.

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You know, about a week ago, I
delivered a commencement address

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at Miami Dade Community College,
which is one of the most diverse

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schools in the nation.

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The graduates were proud that
their class could claim heritage

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from 181 countries around
the world -- 181 countries.

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Many of the students were
immigrants themselves,

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coming to America with little
more than the dream of their

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parents and the
clothes on their back.

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A handful had discovered only
in adolescence or adulthood that

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they were undocumented.

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But they worked hard and
they gave it their all,

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and so they earned
those diplomas.

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And at the ceremony, 181 flags
-- one for every nation that was

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represented -- was
marched across the stage.

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And each one was applauded by
the graduates and the relatives

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with ties to those countries.

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So when the Haitian
flag went by,

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all the Haitian kids -- Haitian
American kids shouted out.

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And when the Guatemalan
flag went by,

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all the kids of Guatemalan
heritage shouted out.

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And when the Ukrainian flag went
by, I think one kid shouted out.

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(laughter)

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This was down in Miami.

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(laughter)

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If it had been in Chicago,
there would have been more.

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But then, the last flag, the
American flag, came into view.

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And everyone in the room
erupted in applause.

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Everybody cheered.

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So, yes, their parents and
grandparents -- some of the

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graduates themselves -- had come
from every corner of the globe.

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But it was here that they
had found opportunity.

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It was here that they had a
chance to contribute to the

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nation that is their home.

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And it was a reminder
of a simple idea,

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as old as America
itself: E pluribus unum.

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Out of many, one.

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We define ourselves as a nation
of immigrants -- a nation that

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welcomes those willing to
embrace America's ideals and

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America's precepts.

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That's why millions of people,
ancestors to most of us,

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braved hardship and great risk
to come here -- so they could

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be free to work and worship and
start a business and live their

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lives in peace and prosperity.

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The Asian immigrants
who made their way to

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California's Angel Island.

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The German and Scandinavians
who settled across the Midwest.

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The waves of Irish, and Italian,
and Polish, and Russian,

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and Jewish immigrants who leaned
against the railing to catch

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their first glimpse of
the Statue of Liberty.

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This flow of immigrants has
helped make this country

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stronger and more prosperous.

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We can point to the
genius of Einstein,

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the designs of I. M. Pei,
the stories of Isaac Asimov,

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the entire industries that
were forged by Andrew Carnegie.

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And then when I think about
immigration I think about the

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naturalization ceremonies that
we've held at the White House

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for members of our military.

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Nothing could be more inspiring.

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Even though they were not yet
citizens when they joined our

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military, these men and
women signed up to serve.

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We did one event at the White
House and a young man named

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Granger Michael from
Papua New Guinea,

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a Marine who had been deployed
to Iraq three times, was there.

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And you know what he said about
becoming an American citizen?

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He said, "I might as well.

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I love this country already."

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That's all he said.

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Marines aren't big on speeches.

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Another was a woman named Perla
Ramos who was born and raised in

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Mexico and came to the United
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and joined the Navy.

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And she said, "I take pride
in our flag and the history

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we write day by day."

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That's the promise of this
country -- that anyone can write

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the next chapter in our story.

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It doesn't matter
where you come from --

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-- it doesn't matter
where you come from;

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it doesn't matter
what you look like;

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it doesn't matter what
faith you worship.

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What matters is that you believe
in the ideals on which we were

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founded; that you believe that
all of us are created equal,

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endowed by our Creator with
certain inalienable rights.

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All of us deserve our freedoms
and our pursuit of happiness.

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In embracing America,
you can become American.

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That is what makes
this country great.

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That enriches all of us.

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And yet, at the same time, we're
here at the border today --

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-- we're here at the border
because we also recognize that

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being a nation of laws goes
hand in hand with being a

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nation of immigrants.

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This, too, is our heritage.

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This, too, is important.

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And the truth is, we've often
wrestled with the politics of

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who is and who isn't allowed
to come into this country.

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This debate is not new.

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At times, there has been fear
and resentment directed towards

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newcomers, especially
in hard economic times.

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And because these issues touch
deeply on what we believe,

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touch deeply on our convictions
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about what it means to be an
American -- these debates often

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elicit strong emotions.

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That's one reason it's been so
difficult to reform our broken

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immigration system.

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When an issue is this complex,
when it raises such strong

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feelings, it's easier for
politicians to defer the

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problem until the next election.

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And there's always
a next election.

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So we've seen a lot of blame and
a lot of politics and a lot of

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ugly rhetoric
around immigration.

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And we've seen good faith
efforts from leaders of both

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parties -- by the
way, I just noticed,

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those of you who have chairs, if
you want to sit down, feel free.

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There's no rule about
having to stand when I'm --

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Audience Member:
-- we love you!

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(applause)

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The President:
But we've seen leaders
of both parties who try

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to work on this issue, but then
their efforts fell prey to the

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usual Washington games.

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And all the while, we've seen
the mounting consequences of

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decades of inaction.

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Today, there are an estimated 11
million undocumented immigrants

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here in the United States.

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Some crossed the
border illegally.

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Others avoid immigration laws
by overstaying their visas.

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Regardless of how they came, the
overwhelming majority of these

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folks are just trying to
earn a living and provide

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for their families.

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But we have to acknowledge
they've broken the rules.

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They've cut in
front of the line.

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And what is also true is that
the presence of so many illegal

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immigrants makes a mockery of
all those who are trying to

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immigrate legally.

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Also, because undocumented
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where they're vulnerable to
unscrupulous businesses that

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skirt taxes, and pay workers
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or cut corners with
health and safety laws,

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this puts companies
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and Americans who rightly demand
the minimum wage or overtime or

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just a safe place to work,
it puts those businesses

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at a disadvantage.

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Think about it.

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Over the past decade, even
before the recession hit,

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middle-class families were
struggling to get by as the

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costs went up for
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to college tuition,
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Their incomes didn't go
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We're seeing it again
right now with gas prices.

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So one way to strengthen the
middle class in America is to

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reform the immigration system
so that there is no longer a

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massive underground economy that
exploits a cheap source of labor

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while depressing wages
for everybody else.

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I want incomes for middle-class
families to rise again.

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I want prosperity in this
country to be widely shared.

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I want everybody to be able
to reach that American dream.

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And that's why immigration
reform is an economic imperative.

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It's an economic imperative.

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And reform will also help to
make America more competitive

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in the global economy.

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Today, we provide students from
around the world with visas to

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get engineering and
computer science degrees

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at our top universities.

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But then our laws discourage
them from using those skills

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to start a business or a
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United States.

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Instead of training
entrepreneurs to stay here,

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we train them to create
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That makes no sense.

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In a global marketplace, we need
all the talent we can attract,

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all the talent we can get to
stay here to start businesses --

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not just to benefit
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but because their contribution
will benefit all Americans.

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Look at Intel, look at Google,
look at Yahoo, look at eBay.

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All those great
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all the jobs they've created,
everything that has helped us

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take leadership in the
high-tech industry,

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every one of those was founded
by, guess who, an immigrant.

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So we don't want the next Intel
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in China or India.

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We want those companies
and jobs to take root here.

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Bill Gates gets this.

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He knows a little something
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He said, "The United States will
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maintain its competitive edge if
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and willing to help us compete."

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So immigration is not just
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It's smart for our economy.
It's smart for our economy.

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And it's for this reason that
businesses all across America

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are demanding that
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meet its responsibilities to
solve the immigration problem.

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Everybody recognizes
the system is broken.

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The question is, will we finally
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something about it?

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And that's why we're
here at the border today.

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And I want to say I am joined
today by an outstanding

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Secretary of the Department
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Janet Napolitano, who's
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on this issue.

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Our commissioner who's working
diligently on border issues,

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Alan Bersin, is there, and
we appreciate him -- Bersin.

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So they're doing
outstanding work.

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And in recent years, among one
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reform were questions
about border security.

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And these were
legitimate concerns.

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What was true was a lack of
manpower and a lack of resources

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at the border, combined with the
pull of jobs and ill-considered

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enforcement once folks
were in the country.

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All this contributed to a
growing number of undocumented

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people living in
the United States.

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And these concerns helped
unravel a bipartisan coalition

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that we had forged back when I
was in the United States Senate.

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So in the years since,
"borders first, borders first,"

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that's become
the common refrain,

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even among those who were
previously supportive of

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comprehensive
immigration reform.

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But over the last two years,
thanks to the outstanding work

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of Janet and Alan and everybody
who's down here working at the

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border, we've answered
those concerns.

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Under their leadership, we
have strengthened border

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security beyond what many
believed was possible.

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They wanted more
agents at the border.

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Well, we now have more boots
on the ground on the southwest

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border than at any
time in our history.

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(applause)

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The Border Patrol
has 20,000 agents.

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The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents -- more than twice as

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many as there were in 2004.

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It's a build-up that began under
President Bush and that we've

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continued, and I had a chance to
meet some of these outstanding

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agents, and actually saw some
of them on horseback who looked

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pretty tough.

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(laughter)

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So we put the agents here.

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Then they wanted a fence.

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Well, the fence is --

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Audience:
Booo!

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The President:
The fence is now
basically complete.

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Audience Member:
Tear it down!

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The President:
Then we've gone further.

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We tripled the number of
intelligence analysts

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working at the border.

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I've deployed unmanned aerial
vehicles to patrol the skies

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from Texas to California.

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We have forged a partnership
with Mexico to fight the

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transnational criminal
organizations that have

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affected both of our countries.

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(applause)

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And for the first time -- for
the first time we're screening

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100 percent of southbound rail
shipments to seize guns and

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money going south even
as we go after drugs that

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are coming north.

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(applause)

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So, here's the point.

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I want everybody to
listen carefully to this.

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We have gone above and beyond
what was requested by the very

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Republicans who said they
supported broader reform as

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long as we got serious
about enforcement.

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All the stuff they
asked for, we've done.

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But even though we've
answered these concerns,

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I've got to say I suspect there
are still going to be some who

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are trying to move the goal
posts on us one more time.

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Audience Member:
They're racist!

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The President:
You know, they said we needed
to triple the Border Patrol.

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Or now they're going to
say we need to quadruple

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the Border Patrol.

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Or they'll want a higher fence.

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Maybe they'll need a moat.

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(laughter)

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Maybe they want
alligators in the moat.

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(laughter)

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They'll never be satisfied.

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And I understand that.

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That's politics.

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But the truth is the
measures we've put in

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place are getting results.

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Over the past two
and a half years,

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we've seized 31 percent more
drugs, 75 percent more currency,

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64 percent more weapons
than ever before.

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(applause)

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And even as we have
stepped up patrols,

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apprehensions along the
border have been cut by

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nearly 40 percent
from two years ago.

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That means far fewer people
are attempting to cross the

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border illegally.

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And also, despite a lot of
breathless reports that have

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tagged places like
El Paso as dangerous,

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violent crime in southwest
border counties has dropped

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by a third.

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El Paso and other cities and
towns along this border are

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consistently among the
safest in the nation.

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(applause)

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Of course, we shouldn't
accept any violence or crime.

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And we've always
got more work to do.

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But this progress is
important and it's not

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getting reported on.

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And we're also going
beyond the border.

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Beyond the border, we're going
after employers who knowingly

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exploit people
and break the law.

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(applause)

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And we are deporting those
who are here illegally.

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And that's a tough issue.

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It's a source of controversy.

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But I want to emphasize we're
not doing it haphazardly.

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We're focusing our limited
resources and people on violent

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offenders and people convicted
of crimes -- not just families,

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not just folks who are
just looking to scrape

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together an income.

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And as a result, we've
increased the removal

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of criminals by 70 percent.

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(applause)

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That's not to ignore the
real human toll of a broken

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immigration system.

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Even as we recognize that
enforcing the law is necessary,

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we don't relish the pain that
it causes in the lives of people

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who are just trying to get by
and get caught up in the system.

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And as long as the current
laws are on the books,

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it's not just hardened felons
who are subject to removal,

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but sometimes families who are
just trying to earn a living,

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or bright, eager students,
or decent people with the

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best of intentions.

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(applause)

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And sometimes when I talk
to immigration advocates,

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they wish I could just
bypass Congress and change

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the law myself.

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But that's not how
a democracy works.

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What we really need to do is
to keep up the fight to pass

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genuine, comprehensive reform.

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That is the ultimate
solution to this problem.

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That's what I'm
committed to doing.

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(applause)

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Audience Member:
Yes, we can! Yes, we can!

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The President:
Yes, we can.

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We can do it.

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(applause)

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Audience:
Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can!

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The President:
The most significant
step we can now take

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to secure the borders is to fix
the system as a whole so that

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fewer people have the incentive
to enter illegally in search of

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work in the first place.

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This would allow agents to focus
on the worst threats on both of

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our -- both sides
of our borders,

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from drug traffickers to those
who would come here to commit

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acts of violence or terror.

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That's where our
focus should be.

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So, El Paso, the question is
whether those in Congress who

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previously walked away in the
name of enforcement are now

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ready to come back to the
table and finish the work

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that we've started.

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(applause)

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We've got to put
the politics aside.

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And if we do, I'm confident
we can find common ground.

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Washington is lagging
behind the country on this.

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There is already a growing
coalition of leaders across

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America who don't
always see eye-to-eye,

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but are coming
together on this issue.

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They see the harmful
consequences of a broken

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immigration system for their
businesses and for their

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communities, and they
understand why we need to act.

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There are Democrats
and Republicans,

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people like former Republican
Senator Mel Martinez;

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former Bush administration
Homeland Security Secretary

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Michael Chertoff; leaders like
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New

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York; evangelical ministers like
Leith Anderson and Bill Hybels;

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police chiefs from across the
nation; educators; advocates;

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labor unions; chambers of
commerce; small business owners;

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Fortune 500 CEOs.

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I mean, one CEO had this to
say about reform: "American

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ingenuity is a product of
the openness and diversity

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of this society.

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Immigrants have made America
great as the world leader in

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business, in science, higher
education and innovation."

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You know who that leader was?

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Rupert Murdoch,
who owns FOX News,

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and is an immigrant himself.

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I don't know if you're familiar
with Rupert Murdoch's views,

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but let's just say he
doesn't have an Obama

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sticker on his car.

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(laughter)

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But he agrees with me on this.

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(applause)

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So there is a consensus
around fixing what's broken.

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And now we need
Congress to catch up.

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Now we need to come together
around reform that reflects

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our values as a nation of laws
and a nation of immigrants;

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reform that demands that
everybody take responsibility.

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So what would comprehensive
reform look like?

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First, we know that government
has a threshold responsibility

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to secure our borders
and enforce the law.

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And that's what Janet and
all her folks are doing.

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That's what they're doing.

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(applause)

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Second, businesses have to be
held accountable if they exploit

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undocumented workers.

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(applause)

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Third, those who
are here illegally,

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they have a
responsibility as well.

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So they broke the law, and that
means they've got to pay their

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taxes, they've
got to pay a fine,

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they've got to learn English.

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And they've got to undergo
background checks and a lengthy

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process before they get
in line for legalization.

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That's not too much to ask.

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(applause)

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And fourth, stopping illegal
immigration also depends on

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reforming our outdated
system of legal immigration.

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(applause)

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We should make it easier for
the best and the brightest to

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not only stay here, but
also to start businesses

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and create jobs here.

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In recent years, a full 25
percent of high-tech startups

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in the U.S. were
founded by immigrants.

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That led to 200,000
jobs here in America.

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I'm glad those jobs are here.

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I want to see more of them
created in this country.

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We need to provide
them the chance.

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(applause)

461
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We need to provide our farms a
legal way to hire workers that

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they rely on, and a path
for those workers to earn

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legal status.

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(applause)

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And our laws should respect
families following the rules --

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reuniting them more quickly
instead of splitting them apart.

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(applause)

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Today, the immigration system
not only tolerates those who

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break the rules, but it punishes
folks who follow the rules.

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While applications -- while
applicants wait for approval,

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for example, they're often
forbidden from visiting the

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United States.

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Even husbands and wives may
have to spend years apart.

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Parents can't see
their children.

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I don't believe the United
States of America should be

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in the business of
separating families.

477
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That's not right.

478
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That's not who we are.

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We can do better than that.

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(applause)

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And we should stop punishing
innocent young people for the

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actions of their parents.

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(applause)

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We should stop denying them the
chance to earn an education or

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serve in the military.

486
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And that's why we need
to pass the DREAM Act.

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(applause)

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Now, we passed the DREAM Act
through the House last year

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when Democrats were in control.

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But even though it received a
majority of votes in the Senate,

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it was blocked when several
Republicans who had previously

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supported the
DREAM Act voted no.

493
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That was a tremendous
disappointment to get

494
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so close and then see
politics get in the way.

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And as I gave that
commencement at Miami Dade,

496
00:29:13,127 --> 00:29:15,957
it broke my heart knowing that
a number of those promising,

497
00:29:15,961 --> 00:29:20,461
bright students -- young people
who worked so hard and who speak

498
00:29:20,461 --> 00:29:23,991
about what's best in America --
are at risk of facing the agony

499
00:29:23,994 --> 00:29:26,624
of deportation.

500
00:29:26,628 --> 00:29:28,998
These are kids who grew
up in this country.

501
00:29:28,994 --> 00:29:30,864
They love this country.

502
00:29:30,861 --> 00:29:35,861
They know no other
place to call home.

503
00:29:35,861 --> 00:29:39,631
The idea that we'd
punish them is cruel.

504
00:29:39,628 --> 00:29:41,528
It makes no sense.

505
00:29:41,528 --> 00:29:42,598
We're a better nation than that.

506
00:29:42,594 --> 00:29:45,224
(applause)

507
00:29:45,227 --> 00:29:49,057
So we're going to keep
fighting for the DREAM Act.

508
00:29:49,061 --> 00:29:52,231
We're going to keep up
the fight for reform.

509
00:29:52,227 --> 00:29:59,397
(applause)

510
00:29:59,394 --> 00:30:02,364
And that's where you come in.

511
00:30:02,361 --> 00:30:05,631
I'm going to do my part to lead
a constructive and civil debate

512
00:30:05,628 --> 00:30:07,558
on these issues.

513
00:30:07,561 --> 00:30:09,991
And we've already had a series
of meetings about this at the

514
00:30:09,994 --> 00:30:13,064
White House in recent weeks.

515
00:30:13,061 --> 00:30:15,031
We've got leaders here and
around the country helping to

516
00:30:15,027 --> 00:30:16,657
move the debate forward.

517
00:30:16,661 --> 00:30:20,361
But this change ultimately
has to be driven by you,

518
00:30:20,361 --> 00:30:22,431
the American people.

519
00:30:22,428 --> 00:30:25,398
You've got to help push
for comprehensive reform,

520
00:30:25,394 --> 00:30:29,364
and you've got to identify what
steps we can take right now --

521
00:30:29,361 --> 00:30:32,861
like the DREAM Act, like visa
reform -- areas where we can

522
00:30:32,861 --> 00:30:35,361
find common ground among
Democrats and Republicans

523
00:30:35,361 --> 00:30:38,861
and begin to fix what's broken.

524
00:30:38,861 --> 00:30:44,131
So I'm asking you to add
your voices to this debate.

525
00:30:44,127 --> 00:30:47,997
You can sign up to
help at whitehouse.gov.

526
00:30:47,994 --> 00:30:52,864
We need Washington to know that
there is a movement for reform

527
00:30:52,861 --> 00:30:54,991
that's gathering strength
from coast to coast.

528
00:30:54,994 --> 00:30:56,624
That's how we'll get this done.

529
00:30:56,628 --> 00:30:59,758
That's how we can ensure that in
the years ahead we are welcoming

530
00:30:59,761 --> 00:31:02,891
the talents of all who can
contribute to this country and

531
00:31:02,895 --> 00:31:05,595
that we're living up to the
basic American idea that you

532
00:31:05,594 --> 00:31:07,664
can make it here if you try.

533
00:31:07,661 --> 00:31:20,891
(applause)

534
00:31:20,895 --> 00:31:25,825
That's the idea that gave
hope to José Hernández.

535
00:31:25,828 --> 00:31:27,828
Is José here?

536
00:31:27,828 --> 00:31:29,458
Where's -- José is
right over there.

537
00:31:29,461 --> 00:31:30,231
(applause)

538
00:31:30,227 --> 00:31:35,597
I want you to hear -- I want
you to think about this story.

539
00:31:35,594 --> 00:31:39,524
José's parents were
migrant farm workers.

540
00:31:39,528 --> 00:31:43,698
And so, growing up, he was too.

541
00:31:43,695 --> 00:31:46,895
He was born in California,
though he could have just as

542
00:31:46,895 --> 00:31:49,865
easily been born on the
other side of the border,

543
00:31:49,861 --> 00:31:52,761
if it had been a
different time of year,

544
00:31:52,761 --> 00:31:57,061
because his family moved
around with the seasons.

545
00:31:57,061 --> 00:32:02,791
So two of his siblings were
actually born in Mexico.

546
00:32:02,795 --> 00:32:06,725
So they traveled a lot, and
José joined his parents picking

547
00:32:06,728 --> 00:32:10,098
cucumbers and strawberries.

548
00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:14,424
And he missed part of school
when they returned to Mexico

549
00:32:14,428 --> 00:32:17,158
each winter.

550
00:32:17,161 --> 00:32:21,831
José didn't learn English
until he was 12 years old.

551
00:32:21,828 --> 00:32:27,098
But you know what, José was
good at math and he liked math.

552
00:32:27,094 --> 00:32:33,894
And the nice thing is that math
was the same in every school,

553
00:32:33,895 --> 00:32:38,625
and it's the same in
Spanish as it is in English.

554
00:32:38,628 --> 00:32:43,198
So José studied,
and he studied hard.

555
00:32:43,194 --> 00:32:45,424
And one day, he's
standing in the fields,

556
00:32:45,428 --> 00:32:51,258
collecting sugar beets, and he
heard on a transistor radio that

557
00:32:51,261 --> 00:32:58,661
a man named Franklin Chang-Diaz
-- a man with a surname like his

558
00:32:58,661 --> 00:33:02,561
-- was going to be an
astronaut for NASA.

559
00:33:02,561 --> 00:33:04,561
So José decided -- right
there in the field,

560
00:33:04,561 --> 00:33:08,461
he decided -- well, I
could be an astronaut, too.

561
00:33:08,461 --> 00:33:13,891
So José kept on studying,
and he graduated high school.

562
00:33:13,895 --> 00:33:18,095
And he kept on studying, and he
earned an engineering degree.

563
00:33:18,094 --> 00:33:20,794
And he kept on studying, and
he earned a graduate degree.

564
00:33:20,795 --> 00:33:23,295
And he kept on working hard,
and he ended up at a national

565
00:33:23,294 --> 00:33:26,894
laboratory, helping to develop
a new kind of digital medical

566
00:33:26,895 --> 00:33:28,595
imaging system.

567
00:33:28,594 --> 00:33:34,094
And a few years later, he found
himself more than 100 miles

568
00:33:34,094 --> 00:33:38,564
above the surface of the Earth,
staring out of the window of the

569
00:33:38,561 --> 00:33:43,131
shuttle Discovery, and he was
remembering the boy in the

570
00:33:43,127 --> 00:33:48,497
California fields with that
crazy dream that in America

571
00:33:48,494 --> 00:33:49,564
everything is possible.

572
00:33:49,561 --> 00:34:01,531
(applause)

573
00:34:01,528 --> 00:34:04,898
Think about that, El Paso.

574
00:34:04,895 --> 00:34:06,925
That's the American
Dream right there.

575
00:34:06,928 --> 00:34:07,998
(applause)

576
00:34:07,994 --> 00:34:12,824
That's what we're fighting for.

577
00:34:12,828 --> 00:34:17,428
We are fighting for every boy
and every girl like José with a

578
00:34:17,428 --> 00:34:21,898
dream and potential that's
just waiting to be tapped.

579
00:34:21,895 --> 00:34:24,625
We are fighting to
unlock that promise,

580
00:34:24,628 --> 00:34:26,528
and all that holds not
just for their futures,

581
00:34:26,528 --> 00:34:29,428
but for America's future.

582
00:34:29,428 --> 00:34:33,798
That's why we're going
to get this done.

583
00:34:33,795 --> 00:34:35,965
And that's why I'm
going to need your help.

584
00:34:35,961 --> 00:34:36,791
Thank you. God bless you.

585
00:34:36,795 --> 00:34:38,825
And may God bless the
United States of America.

586
00:34:38,828 --> 00:34:39,328
(applause)