Appearing at the White House today with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, President Obama said he can get immigration reform done — if Republicans will help.
“I have confidence that I can get the majority of Democrats both in the House and the Senate to support a piece of legislation,” he said.
But I don’t have 60 votes in the Senate. I’ve got to have some support from Republicans.
“I don’t expect to get every Republican vote, but I need some help to get it done.”
Obama also agreed — in a way — with Calderon’s assessment that Arizona’s new immigration law would lead to discrimination.
“The Arizona law has the potential of being applied in a discriminatory fashion,” Obama said.
A fair reading of the language of the statute indicates that it gives the possibility of individuals who are deemed suspicious of being illegal immigrants from being harassed or arrested.
