Amador, director of immigration policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, isn't convinced.
The director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), John Morton, said the case was significant because the girls were repeatedly victimised over several years and transported to many places.
Barbara Hines, director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas's law school, says that she was shocked when she started visiting: children were wearing prison uniforms and the parents were depressed and desperate.
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Julie Chavez Rodriguez is the Associate Director of Latino Affairs and Immigration for the Office of Public Engagement at the White House.
The Times quotes a federal immigration official, Alejandro Mayorkas, director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who confirms the purpose of the program is to create jobs in high-unemployment areas.
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"American military prowess depends on lawful, controlled exports of sensitive technology by U.S. industries and their subsidiaries, " added John Morton, director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Alonzo Pena, who retired as deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2010 and was once stationed in Mexico, said someone else on the bus probably put the drugs under Maldonado's seat without her knowledge and watched her throughout the trip.
"Education attainment is the single best determinant for a whole variety of social outcomes, " said Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington.
Language barriers aren't the only reason why immigrants tend to be under-enrolled in public health insurance programs, said Jackie Vimo, director of advocacy for the New York Immigration Coalition.
Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, who is the co-director of the Kuwait programme at LSE, said immigration authorities had separated him from his colleagues and confiscated his passport before denying him entry and sending him back to London.
Before the President gave his remarks, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas presented the countries of the candidates for naturalization and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano delivered the oath of allegiance.
The economist is director of the Centre for Research and Analysis on Migration and has published numerous reports on the impact on the UK of immigration from Europe.
Tony Smith, regional director for the Border and Immigration Agency says they are committed to the removal of foreign national criminals and last year they removed more than ever before.
Thilo Sarrazin, a director of Germany's central bank, faced calls for his resignation after he published a controversial book on immigration.
Felicia Escobar is Senior Policy Director for Immigration at the Domestic Policy Council and Doug Rand is a Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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