Obama sees early 2010 start on immigration reform

Let's hope this gets started then. With health care reform causing so much trouble now, I wonder what the stories will be when this is being worked on. - - Donna Poisl

by Anthony Boadle, editing by Philip Barbara

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he expects Congress to overhaul the country's immigration system, an issue that fires up emotions on both sides of the political divide, by "early next year."

Speaking to Hispanic reporters at the White House, Obama said he hopes a bill for comprehensive immigration reform will be drafted by the end of this year.

Obama tapped Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on June 25 to work with Congress to speed up immigration reform as senators warned another failed effort could doom chances for a generation.
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