The online political website Politico.com has revealed that President Obama has invited members of Congress to the White House on June 8 to discuss immigration reform. Officials are vague as to the purpose of the meeting, saying:"The meeting will be an opportunity to launch a policy conversation that we hope will be able to start a debate that will take place in Congress later in the year....This isn’t a forum or a summit with outside groups, this is solely a meeting with members of Congress on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the issue."
There has been much speculation on whether President Obama plans to tackle comprehensive immigration reform this year or now (see earlier blog posts). Maybe we will get more indication of his intentions after the meeting next month.
