Posted on 05/03/2013 11:29:55 AM PDT by Steelfish
Obama 'Absolutely Convinced' Immigration Law Will Pass This Year
By Kathleen Hennessey and Christi Parsons May 3, 2013
MEXICO CITY -- President Obama said Friday that he is “absolutely convinced” Congress will pass new immigration laws this year, projecting more confidence in his ability to work with Republicans from the Mexican capital than he has shown lately at home.
In a speech to Mexican students, Obama said he has tried to “lift the shadow of deportation” from young people brought to the United States as children and said he wants to do more thorough comprehensive changes to U.S. immigration policy.
“I am optimistic that, after years of trying, we are going to get it done this year,” Obama said. “I’m absolutely convinced of it.”
The upbeat assessment came several days after Obama openly acknowledged the roadblocks he faces on Capitol Hill. When a reporter asked at a White House press conference Tuesday if he still had “the juice” to get his agenda passed, Obama joked that maybe he should “just pack up and go home.”
But on a two-day trip to Mexico visiting President Enrique Peña Nieto, Obama has projected optimism about his chances of passing a new immigration law that will offer a pathway to citizenship for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally.
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This means he is absolutely sure it will NOT pass. He always tells the opposite of the truth. If he believes it’s sure to pass, then it would clear to everyone. No need to brag. That fact he’s saying this shows he’s fearful that the Boston bombing has not destroyed his chance at destroying America for all time with this idiotic Third World Stampede bill.
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