Obama urges critics to 'pass a bill' on immigration

November 22, 2014 22:57

Obama urged Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform as he used his weekly address today to again defend his unilateral action shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.

"I still believe that the best way to solve this problem is by working together - both parties - to pass that kind of bipartisan law," Obama said in his weekly radio and television address, referring to a wide-ranging overhaul that had passed the Senate but was blocked in the House of Representatives.

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