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Obama tells immigration advocates he's committed to quick reform
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Just over a week before tens of thousands of people were expected in Washington for a rally in support of immigration reform, President Barack Obama told grass-roots and faith leaders that he remains firmly committed to passing legislation this year. For their part, participants in the meeting with Obama urged Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to release before the March 21 rally their plans for a comprehensive immigration bill -- an outline of which the senators brought to their own meeting with the president the same afternoon. Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the U.S. bishops' migration committee, told Catholic News Service that he came away from the meeting with the president greatly encouraged about the prospects of getting reform legislation turned into law. "We know his commitment is real," Bishop Wester said. Over the last couple of months, Catholics around the country have been asked to sign postcards to their members of Congress urging them to back immigration reform that keeps families together, unclogs the system for legal immigration and provides an avenue for legalization for the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants now in the country.
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