U.S. President Obama stated in an exclusive interview with U.S. media on the 15th that once Congress reaches an agreement to resolve the fiscal stalemate and the federal government shutdown, he will immediately push for immigration reform.<\/div>\n
At a time when the non-essential parts of the federal government have been shut down for half a month, Obama said during an interview with a U.S. Spanish-language television station that he still believes that implementing immigration reform is crucial for the United States and that the timing is right. Therefore, once the Democratic and Republican parties in Congress resolve the fiscal stalemate and the federal government shutdown, he will "the next day" immediately push for immigration reform and call for a vote on the immigration reform bill in Congress.<\/div>\n
Obama emphasized that the immigration reform bill received strong support from both the Democratic and Republican parties during the Senate vote, so the real obstacle to the bill's progress is the refusal of House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, to initiate a vote in the House of Representatives.<\/div> The call for reforming the immigration system in American society has been longstanding, with how to handle the majority of illegal immigrants from Latin America being one of the main disputes, but attempts at reform have repeatedly stalled. Immigration reform is also one of the key domestic policy priorities for Obama during his second term.
