Julia Preston has written a story about Waukegan as well. I had to read some of the paragraphs twice. The way they are slanted...




April 9, 2009
Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority
By JULIA PRESTON

While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Obama plans to begin addressing the country’s immigration system this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

Mr. Obama will frame the new effort — likely to rouse passions on all sides of the highly divisive issue — as “policy reform that controls immigration and makes it an orderly system,â€