Barack Obama

Obama: Obama spoke in Dallas, Texas after meeting Wednesday with Gov. Rick Perry and other officials about the Central American children entering the country by the thousands. Immigration crisis in the U.S. Obama says 'now is the time' for immigration reform , according to CBC. Obama says the problem is fixable if lawmakers are interested in solving it. He says if the preference is for politics, it won't be solved. U.S. President Barack Obama says Congress has the ability to act immediately to address the wave of unaccompanied children coming over the border from Mexico into the U.S. Obama says Perry raised four areas of concern. Obama says he doesn't have a philosophical objection to anything Perry suggested. He says if Congress passes his emergency $3.7 billion funding request, the government will have resources to take some of the steps Perry recommended. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.