Will the Economic Meltdown Push Fixing a Broken Immigration System to the Back Burner?

On the campaign trail last year, Barack Obama promised to make comprehensive immigration reform (

CIR

) "a top priority in my first year as president."

Stressing the importance of "finally bring[ing] undocumented immigrants out of the shadows," Obama laid out the basic framework of  the deal that died twice in Congress in recent years: "they should have to pay a fine, and learn English, and go to the back of the line," he said. "That's how we'll put them on a pathway to citizenship. That's how we'll finally fix our broken immigration system and avoid creating a servant class in our midst."

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