But president vows bipartisan effort on issue
Immigration looking like a low priority
WASHINGTON - With the overhaul of the nation's health-care system almost off his to-do list, President Obama has renewed his promise to revamp immigration laws this year.
"I pledge to do everything in my power to forge a bipartisan consensus this year on this important issue," Obama said in a video message to tens of thousands of activists who were calling for revising immigration laws as they gathered last Sunday on Washington's National Mall.
But chances are slim to none that the president will fulfill that pledge this year, because administration officials and lawmakers have put several other priorities - from tightening financial regulations to creating jobs - ahead of overhauling immigration laws.
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Immigration looking like a low priority
WASHINGTON - With the overhaul of the nation's health-care system almost off his to-do list, President Obama has renewed his promise to revamp immigration laws this year.
"I pledge to do everything in my power to forge a bipartisan consensus this year on this important issue," Obama said in a video message to tens of thousands of activists who were calling for revising immigration laws as they gathered last Sunday on Washington's National Mall.
But chances are slim to none that the president will fulfill that pledge this year, because administration officials and lawmakers have put several other priorities - from tightening financial regulations to creating jobs - ahead of overhauling immigration laws.
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