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Obama OK with 'piecemeal' immigration reform
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Nov 20, 2013
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Obama OK with 'piecemeal' immigration reform
Yesterday, in front of business executives at a conference sponsored The Wall Street Journal, the president said he'd be OK with "piecemeal" legislation.
U.S. President Barack Obama responds to questions from Wall Street Journal Washington Bureau Chief Gerald Seib at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council annual meeting, at the Four Seasons Hotel, on November 19, 2013, in Washington, DC. Obama discussed immigration reform and the health care rollout, among other topics.
U.S. President Barack Obama responds to questions from Wall Street Journal Washington Bureau Chief Gerald Seib at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council annual meeting, at the Four Seasons Hotel, on November 19, 2013, in Washington, DC. Obama discussed immigration reform and the health care rollout, among other topics.
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Yesterday, in front of business executives at a conference sponsored The Wall Street Journal, the president said he'd be OK with "piecemeal" legislation.

President Obama has long favored sweeping immigration legislation that would legalize many of the undocumented people in this country. But yesterday, in front of business executives at a conference sponsored The Wall Street Journal, the president said he'd be OK with "piecemeal" legislation.

Basically getting it done bit by bit.

For more we are joined by Colleen McCain Nelson, White House Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.