03.12.2010:  Yesterday, President Obama met with Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Lindsey Graham to discuss their bipartisan plan for immigration reform.  The specifics of the proposal  have not been released.  However, Sen. Graham said that the plan includes enhanced border enforcement, a temporary worker program and a biometric Social Security Card.  He also indicated the proposal includes “a rational plan to deal with the millions of illegal immigrants already in the United States.”

President Obama made the following statement:  ”Today I met with Sens. Schumer and Graham and was pleased to learn of their progress in forging a proposal to fix our broken immigration system. I look forward to reviewing their promising framework, and every American should applaud their efforts to reach across party lines and find common sense answers to one of our most vexing problems.”