Posted Jul. 12, 2010

Ahead of the fall midterm elections, President Obama is pushing for sweeping changes of immigration laws. He wants help from Republicans:

"Despite cynicism on both sides of the aisle that a broad overhaul of U.S. immigration laws will not happen this year, President Barack Obama continues to push for a bipartisan way forward on the issue, senior adviser David Axelrod said Sunday.

'On immigration, the reality is that the last time this debate occurred in the Senate there were 11 Republicans who joined in, and of course President Bush helped to lead the effort. And most Republicans are not willing to move forward now,' Axelrod told CNN's 'State of the Union.'"

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