The nation is broke, but we still need more Mexicans?
Despite steep odds, the White House hasdiscussed prospects for reviving a major overhaul of the nation’simmigration laws, a commitment that President Obama has postponed oncealready.
Obama took up the issue privately with his staff Mondayin a bid to advance a bill through Congress before lawmakers become toodistracted by approaching midterm elections.
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Immigration is a delicate issue for the White House. Afterpromising to revamp in his first year of office what many see as afractured system, Obama risks angering a growing, politically potentLatino constituency if he defers the goal until 2011.
But with the healthcare debate still unresolved, Democrats are wary of plunging into another polarizing issue.