Immigration Reform Advocates Hope for Administration Action

By Jessica Brady
Roll Call Staff
May 3, 2011, 8:18 p.m.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus won’t be able to push immigration reform through Congress this year, but a White House meeting Tuesday made its members hopeful that administrative options remain.

President Barack Obama and his advisers told caucus members that the administration is looking into ways to concentrate enforcement resources on criminals “so that we are not using our limited resources on those potentially eligible for an adjustment of status,â€