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CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org WASHINGTON In a speech at American University today, President Obama emphasized the need for federal immigration reform that respects the civil rights of those in this country. The American Civil Liberties ...

WASHINGTON, July 1: President Barack Obama on Thursday blamed US immigration policy gridlock on 'political posturing and special interest wrangling.' Seeking to rally new momentum to an issue that many advocates had hoped would be completed by this ...

Reporting from Washington ? President Obama on Thursday morning called U.S. immigration a broken system that "offends our most basic American values" and blamed the failure to fix the system on a lack of political will. Even as he did so, however, the ...

President Barack Obama has been promising a change regarding immigration reform in America. There has been huge controversy over his action towards immigration reform, particularly towards how slowly he has reacted to the issue. Now Obama has ...

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama launched a renewed fight for comprehensive immigration reform Thursday, saying attempts to fix a broken system have been held hostage to political posturing and special-interest wrangling. The president singled ...

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called the nation to get behind a comprehensive immigration reform, while nudging Congressional Republicans to cooperate. In a speech delivered to evangelical, business and labor leaders, Obama noted with the ...

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday to adopt a sweeping plan to fix a "fundamentally broken" immigration system, taking on a volatile issue that has inflamed passions in a weak economy heading into the fall midterm campaign. In ...

Mexico gets to have a say in one of the lawsuits challenging Arizona's immigration enforcement law. ...

The White House has a raft of allies on the old and new religious left backing immigration reform, including Catholic leaders whose flock is h ...

By CHRISTI PARSONS and PETER NICHOLAS WASHINGTON -- In his first major speech on the issue since taking office, President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. immigration system "offends our most basic American values" and blamed Republican ...

President Barack Obama renewed his push for US immigration reform today reaching out to Hispanic voters despite minimal chances that Congress will pass such legislation this year. President Obama has called for Republican support to pass a law to address ...

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With Arizona law set to take effect, he is calling for a "clear national standard" and "accountability." Law - United States - Immigration - Services - Lawyers and Law Firms ...

U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., is bucking party lines on the immigration front urging President Barack Obama to back off his position to sue Arizona over its new law. ...

(note pic above is from a trip we took to Arizona last year to interview Senator McCain about illegal immigration) Once again, President Obamas statements on immigration lacked specific details or proposals. Instead, the speech was full of ...

The White House invited four of the countrys top evangelical pastors to attend President Obamas speech this morning calling for immigration reform. The move is a testament both to the importance the issue has come to assume in the ...

Before his job as administrator of the BP compensation fund, Kenneth Feinberg is the man President Barack Obama picked to set salary caps for executives of U.S. companies that were given money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. ...

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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Thursday pledged to fix the "broken" immigration system of America to make it easier for the best and the brightest of the people to enter the country, that has nearly 11 million illegal immigrants. In his first ...