Pelosi: Immigration Reform Would Require "Presidential Leadership"

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Pelosi: Immigration Reform Would Require "Presidential Leadership"
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Arizona's tough new immigration law invigorated pro-immigration advocates in their call for comprehensive immigration reform, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it clear today that the House will decline to take the lead in that effort.

"The legislation would have to begin in the senate" Pelosi told reporters for the second week in a row.

Pelosi said there's a "good deal of support" for legislation that would secure the borders, enforce immigration laws and provide an eventual path to legalization for illegal immigrants currently in the country, but the House will wait to see what the Senate can do.

The president admitted to reporters on Air Force One yesterday that there may "not be an appetite" in Congress to get immigration done this year after taking on so many controversial issues and it being an election year.

When asked about his comments today, Pelosi said pointedly that "if there is going to be any movement in this regard, it will require presidential leadership."

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