Obama tries to leave imprint on immigration debate

President Obama will wade into the immigration debate Tuesday morning, dropping his relative silence on the issue as lawmakers prepare to debate the sweeping legislation from the Senate floor.

The “president will again praise the bipartisan progress that continues to be made in the Senate, which has its first floor vote on the bill this week, and highlight the broad coalition of leaders who agree that the shared principles of strengthening and increasing border security, providing an earned path to citizenship, holding employers accountable, and bringing our immigration system into the 21st century must be central to any effort,” said a White House official, previewing Obama’s remarks at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday.