San Salvador, El Salvador, Mar 15, 2011 / 09:57 am
Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador, El Salvador is calling on U.S. President Barack Obama to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform.
The archbishop made his comments after Mass on March 13, in light of President Obama’s upcoming March 22-23 visit to El Salvador. It will be the president's third stop on a trip that will also take him to Brazil and Chile.
“We would like to ask the U.S. president for his efforts, his good will and his firm leadership in bringing about comprehensive immigration reform during his term as president,” Archbishop Escobar Alas said.
El Salvador’s President Mauricio Funes will also ask President Obama to push for comprehensive immigration reform and for the permanent benefits of those under the Temporary Protected Status. The designation currently allows 217,000 Salvadorans in the U.S. to work.