Thursday, April 29, 2010
Associated Press
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that there “may not be an appetite” in Congress to deal with immigration immediately after going through a tough legislative year.
Obama said there’s work to do on energy legislation, midterm elections are coming up, and he doesn’t want to do something “just for the sake of politics.” He said he hopes to get a working group together to solve a wide range of issues on immigration in a way that can garner the support of the American people.
The president spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One returning with him to Washington from a Midwest trip.
An immigration proposal by three Democratic senators calls for more federal enforcement agents and other border security- tightening benchmarks before illegal immigrants could become legal U.S. residents, according to a draft of the legislation obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.
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