President Obama and Immigration Reform

This administration appears to be very open-minded on immigration reform and actually understands the need for reform in a system that is dogged by bureaucratic inefficiency and slow adjudications for legal immigrants.  While understanding the need for secure borders for the country the new administration under President Obama will stimulate long overdue reforms.  We at Mansouri & Sheeno, Sherman Oaks, California, support the need for immigration reform, allowing millions of immigrants who live and contribute to this southern California community and beyond to come in from the cold of illegal immigrant status. We urge the incoming administration to make immigration reform and the legalization of many valuable members of our community its number one priority. Legalization of people who are in immigration limbo is a good thing for a weak economy and will bring with it dividends far beyond the economic domain. It will enrich our society and will allow millions of people to fulfill their American dream without the fear of deportation or removal from the United States. The Los Angeles area is an area that will profoundly benefit from immigration reform and some form of legalization. Please stay tuned as we periodically update you on developments as our new and fresh leadership breaks historic ground on these and many other issues, after years of stagnation and poor management of our nation's immigration laws.