Napolitano: Immigration reform top Obama priority

Posted on December 11, 2009 at 5:28 PM

PHOENIX (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says overhauling the nation's immigration laws is still a top priority for President Barack Obama.

The former Arizona governor says Congress is poised to act despite some lawmakers' concerns that a push could complicate Democratic re-election prospects.

Napolitano said key Senate Democrats plan on moving ahead early next year.

She says the chairman of the Senate's immigration subcommittee, Democratic New York Sen. Charles Schumer D-N.Y., is working on the bill.

Napolitano told a meeting of The Arizona Republic's editorial board on Thursday that the president "wants to get it done."

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