Nancy Pelosi: Congress also must act on immigration reform

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has praised President Obama for his expected executive action to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation but said Congress also must act to pass immigration reform legislation.

“We want a bill,” the California Democrat told reporters Thursday. “It’s over 500 days since the Senate passed [an immigration reform] bill, and still no action by the House Republicans on anything.”

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