President Obama touched on many divisive policy issues such as 'don't ask, don't tell', health care, and immigration. One of the audience members actually stood up and told her story of the complications surrounding legal immigration:
"An audience member, who moved here from Colombia as a teenager, got emotional when speaking about how her three-year wait for a green card is complicating her ability to see her 92-year-old grandmother for "a last time." In response to her story, the president explained his administration's efforts to streamline legal immigration for people with the potential to greatly contribute to this country"
President Obama responded by saying there is controversy in confronting the issue of accelerating the process of legal immigration while also curbing the stream of potential terrorists from overseas and securing the U.S.'s southern borders from violent gangs. But it is a focus of his [President Obama's] team to find solutions in order to make the experience of coming to the States a faster process to citizenship. What do you think? Can a fast process to citizenship exist without bureaucracy tangling up the process and is it in the best interest in America to find one soon?
If your interested in seen the video you can watch the initial address here: "A Conversation With Obama"
Here he addressing Illegal Immigration: "President Obama Discusses Illegal Immigration"
Another address which is better quality: "Obama Speaks on Issue of Immigration"
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