From NBC's Athena Jones
Leaders of grassroots groups want a framework for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's immigration laws introduced in Congress this month, they told reporters after a meeting with President Obama on Thursday.
The president met with the grassroots group ahead of another meeting he was set to have with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Lindsey Graham(R-SC) to discuss the progress made in their efforts toward producing a bipartisan bill to fix what the White House calls "the broken immigration system."
"We believe that his commitment to comprehensive immigration reform is real, but we also know we want results and so that's what we'll be expecting within the next couple of weeks," said Angelica Salas, director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA).
Full story here: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/11/2225618.aspx
[Posted by Marina Guastucci]
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