Obama 'committed' to immigration reform

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |


WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama Friday said he was committed to comprehensive immigration reform, amid rising calls by Hispanic supporters for
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Obama did not, however, lay out a timetable for action on one of the most perilous issues in the United States, which political leaders struggle to reconcile with the political heat of a two-year congressional election cycle.

"Together we must build a future where the promise of America is kept for a new generation," said Obama, at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington.

"We also know that keeping this promise means upholding America's tradition as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

"Those things aren't contradictory, they're complementary. That's why I'm committed to passing comprehensive immigration reform as president of the United States."

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