04/12/2009
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"America's immigration system is broken."
"It is just not practical to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants living within our borders."
"Americans with same-sex partners from other countries should not be faced with the painful choice between staying with the person they love or staying in the country they love."
"It will lift these individuals out of the shadows and give them a chance to earn their way to a green card and eventually to citizenship."