Navarrette: Obama adds immigration to full agenda

Immigration reform might really be worked on this year. It seemed like it would never happen and now it looks possible. - - Donna Poisl

By RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR., The San Diego Union Tribune

President Obama is either daring or foolhardy - or maybe a little of both.

Case in point: Although he has been criticized, even by supporters, for overloading his agenda, Obama recently signaled that, before the end of his first year in office, he'll take up no less challenging a cause than immigration reform.

That's what the president recently told the 24 members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in an hourlong private meeting.

It is significant that, according to statements issued by caucus members, immigration was the only item on the agenda.
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