Obama and Hispanic Dems Will Meet Today to Talk Immigration

This morning, Hispanic democrats will have their first meeting with President Obama since he came into office in January.

Immigration will be at the top of the agenda.

After the failure of immigration reform in the last two Congresses, as well as the upcoming midterm elections in 2010, Hispanic lawmakers are hoping to get a bill passed before members begin revving up their 2010 campaigns.

They've already started their own campaign to garner support by going on a 17-city listening tour of the country, gathering people's stories about raids and family separation.

But they don't plan to introduce any legislation until they talk to Obama and find out what the Whitehouse is thinking.

From what I've heard, the Obama administration is still planning to follow through with their campaign promise of getting comprehensive immigration reform in the first year. But I look forward to finding out more details on that after today's meeting.

For more information, go to The Hill's article "Obama, Hispanic Dems to Huddle on Immigration."