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Background: Basically, states have been dealing with illegal immigration, however they want to. States like Texas have tried building walls on the border, other states use racial profiling, and arrest people for minor offenses to find the illegal immigrants. Obama's administration has decided to reshape and expand an already controversial program.

Summary: Local police units usually target illegal immigrants at large, but, this new system want the units to focus on those who commit major drug offenses or violent crimes. The goal is to cut back on racial profiling. There are some critics though, Republicans do not think that Obama should mess with the system already in place.

Analysis: Obama's administration seems very keen on eliminating illegal immigrants and enforcing immigration laws. He is also concerned at the well-being of others as well, trying to make sure that those who are here legally do not, get charged.

Commentary: Illegal immigration is something that I am very against. I do not think it is fair that a lot of people work hard to get into the country, while others smuggle themselves in, and sometimes never get caught. So I think it is good that Obama is taking steps to help eliminate the problem. I agree with the President, in the sense that we should not have racial profiling, but the illegal immigrants do need to be found somehow. It will be interesting to see if the changes make a difference in how many illegal immigrants are caught.

To read the article go here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101503933.html