President Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to quickly act on a comprehensive immigration reform package that would provide a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.
“We can't allow immigration reform to get bogged down in an endless debate,” Obama said in an address at a Las Vegas high school. “We've been debating this for a long time.”
Obama applauded progress made by a bipartisan group of senators who announced the framework for a deal Monday, but warned he would send his own proposals to Congress if lawmakers do not move forward with a deal.
“If Congress is unable to act in a timely fashion, I will send up a bill based on my proposal and insist that they vote on it right away,” Obama said in the address.
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