Obama not giving up on immigration reform
- 10 years ago
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President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to take executive action to address the "broken" U.S. immigration system after hopes of passing a broad reform bill in Congress officially died.
Republican John Boehner, speaker of the House of Representatives, informed Obama last week that the House would not vote on immigration reform this year, a White House official said, killing chances that a wide-ranging bill passed by the Senate would become law.
Administration officials in the meantime will make recommendations on what the president can do unilaterally without congressional approval to address problems with the immigration system.
Obama said he has directed border officials to allocate resources to increase security along the U.S. border.
Amid a controversy over tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America surging across the southern border, Obama said most will be returned to their home countries once the
President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to take executive action to address the "broken" U.S. immigration system after hopes of passing a broad reform bill in Congress officially died.
Republican John Boehner, speaker of the House of Representatives, informed Obama last week that the House would not vote on immigration reform this year, a White House official said, killing chances that a wide-ranging bill passed by the Senate would become law.
Administration officials in the meantime will make recommendations on what the president can do unilaterally without congressional approval to address problems with the immigration system.
Obama said he has directed border officials to allocate resources to increase security along the U.S. border.
Amid a controversy over tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America surging across the southern border, Obama said most will be returned to their home countries once the