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WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- President Barack Obama said it is time for Congress to start fixing the 'broken' immigration system, but acknowledged that the politically volatile reform effort won't be easy. 'Despite our inability to get this passed over the ...

Washington - US President Barack Obama invited key lawmakers to the White House on Thursday to kick-start a debate on immigration that has long stalled in the US Congress. Reforming US immigration laws, which involves shoring up the country's borders and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tapped a top Cabinet official on Thursday to work with Congress to speed immigration reform as senators warned another failed effort could doom chances for a generation.'Despite our inability to get this ...

ABC News' Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller report: Sitting in the State Dining Room with a bipartisan group of 26 Members of Congress to discuss immigration reform this afternoon, President Obama stated the obvious on the vexing issue: ?There is not by ...

President Barack Obama says he is committed to working with Congress to pass comprehensive reform of the U.S. immigration system. The president discussed the issue in the White House Thursday with lawmakers from both parties. President Obama says there ...

President Obama moved the goalposts on getting immigration reform accomplished, saying Thursday that he wants a bill he can sign either this year or early next year. Shortly after the president adjourned a meeting with a bipartisan group of members from ...

Reporting from Washington - Congress appeared poised Thursday to continue compensating state and local governments for incarcerating illegal immigrants convicted of crimes, ignoring President Obama's call to eliminate such payments. That would spare ...

Tags: John McCain , Republican , Democrat , President Obama , Text Size - + reset Digg/Buzz It Up POLITICO 44 The Politico 44 Story Widget Requires Adobe Flash Player. President Obama vowed on Thursday to immediately begin negotiations to craft ...

After twice postponing the meeting, President Barack Obama on June 25 met with a small group of Senate and House members from both parties to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. He has said he wants to move forward on a proposal as early as this ...

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- President Barack Obama said it is time for Congress to start fixing the 'broken' immigration system, but acknowledged that the politically volatile reform effort won't be easy. 'Despite our inability to get this passed over the ...

WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In advance of the White House summit on immigration, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), chairman of Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Refugees, issued a seven point plan for reforming ...

President Obama on Thursday finally held a twice-delayed meeting with members of Congress to discuss immigration reform -- a goal the Obama administration claims to fully support but will keep on the backburner until it becomes more politically feasible. ...

President Obama said on Thursday that he was committed to passing a comprehensive immigration plan, but Republicans attending a bipartisan meeting at the White House expressed skepticism a deal could be reached unless Mr. Obama endorsed a guest worker ...

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WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As President Barack H. Obama meets with key Congressional leaders at the White House today to discuss the pressing need for comprehensive immigration reform, the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) ...

Hours before President Obama was set to meet with members of Congress to discuss immigration reform, the president's chief of staff sought to lower expectations about when that reform might come to pass. White House chief of staff and former Rep. Rahm ...

WASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama says his administration is committed to working with Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform. Obama discussed immigration with members from both political parties at the White House on Thursday. He says there ...

What issues will lawmakers likely discuss at their first White House meeting on immigration reform? Can immigration reform really happen this year and why should Congress make immigration reform a priority? And what principles should guide the ...

LOS ANGELESAn outspoken immigrant rights activist has been charged with election fraud for allegedly registering to vote in Los Angeles County when he did not live there. District attorney's office spokeswoman Jane Robison says Thursday that Nativo Lopez ...

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