Obama Makes Pitch for Immigration Overhaul in Border City
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President Barack Obama is trying to step up pressure on Congress to act on revamping U.S. immigration laws while also courting a key constituency that he needs to win re-election next year.
For the fifth time in three weeks, Obama is putting an overhaul of the immigration system on his agenda with a speech today in El Paso, Texas -- a state where Hispanics make up 37.6 percent of the population and 48 percent of those under 18.