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News Report ONEU.S. President Barack Obama has said the time has come for a review on the U.S. immigration system.He made his case at a high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, a day after a group of senators outlined a framework for reform.The White House and senators conceive a path to citizenship for many of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.He noted that the current system was out of date and badly broken.Mr. Obamas case for an immigration reform reflects a blueprint he rolled out in 2011, though that did not go far.Mr. Obama now backs the Senate plan including making illegal immigrants pay taxes and fines,and sending them to the back of the queue before they can become American citizens.His 2011 blueprint also focused on a path to permanent residency and eventual citizenship.After eight years, individuals would be allowed to become legal permanent residentsand would eventually become citizens five years later, according to his 2011 blueprint.Question 1.What can we know about the immigration reform?Question 2.According to Obama 2011 blueprint, how long would it take for illegal immigrants to gain citizenship?News Report TWOElephants are used to entertain foreign and domestic tourists in Thailand.As visitors prefer younger animals, the value of a young elephant has soared to around $33,000.To meet this demand, smugglers in Myanmar capture and tame wild elephants from the countrys shrinking herds.The young elephants are caught in pit-traps, cruelly beaten to break their spirits and then smuggled across the border.The Thai authorities have cracked down on this trade with some success over the past two years,but campaigners believe that criminals are now stocking up,ready to transport the animals once again, when restrictions end.Traffic and other campaigners want to see a toughening up of the laws in Thailand.Elephants dont have to be registered there until they are eight years old, creating an opportunity for smuggling.According to researchers, t