Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the plight of undocumented Irish people in the United States with President Obama during his St. Patrick's Day visit to the White House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13729/10]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I raised the issue of immigration reform in the US during the course of my meeting with President Obama. I informed the President that my Government has campaigned very hard over recent years to try to find a solution to the situation facing our undocumented community in the US and to put in place new bilateral migration arrangements between our two countries. In the US the feeling is that the best prospect for a solution for the undocumented is through comprehensive immigration reform. President Obama stated that comprehensive immigration reform remains high on his agenda.