Immigration Overhaul: Barack Obama

Barack Obama: WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he is open-minded about immigration legislation being fashioned in the House. But he says he won't support it if it doesn't meet his criteria, including a "pathway to citizenship." , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The president is backing bipartisan legislation that would secure the border and provide a path to citizenship for some of the 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally. Obama says legislation proposed by a bipartisan group of eight senators does meet his "basic criteria" and applauded their effort. President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Obama's prospects for a sweeping legislative victory this year now rest almost solely on the immigration overhaul working its way through Congress. But immigration's tricky politics have created a dilemma for a president fighting for an issue he considers central to his legacy. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Obama is pushing Congress to reform the nation's immigration system as one of his top legislative priorities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.