HUFFINGTON POST… “When we talked about immigration reform in the first year, that was before the economy was on the verge of collapse,” [President Obama] said at University of Miami. “Lehman Brothers had collapsed, the stock market was collapsing. So my first priority was making sure we didn’t fall into a depression.”
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, who co-anchored the forum with Maria Elena Salinas, is an advocate for comprehensive immigration reform, which Obama also has consistently supported. But the president didn’t get off easily on his immigration record, which includes record deportation rates and a failed Dream Act legislative push.
By the end of the program, Obama had been hammered into submission on his immigration reform promise. Asked what he considers his biggest failure, he turned to Ramos. “Jorge, as you remind me, my biggest failure so far is we haven’t gotten comprehensive immigration reform done yet,” he said to laughter from the audience, adding it wasn’t for lack of trying… (more)
