Will Obama Tackle Immigration in the State of the Union Address?

By Elizabeth Llorente
Published January 25, 2011

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, on a presidential initiative to support military families. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Tonight, President Obama will deliver the State of the Union address at a time when each week, new efforts are cropping up in more and more states around the country to take immigration matters into their own hands.

But will the President address the highly divisive issue, and if so, how might he do it?

Tennessee attorney Gregg Ramos, who is leading the opposition in his state against a push in the legislature to pass an Arizona-style immigration bill, is doubtful that the President will touch the issue.

“The reality at the moment is that we’re probably two years away from having any meaningful action on immigration reform,â€