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Obama launches push for immigration overhaul

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President Barack Obama boards Air Force One, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Las Vegas to give a speech about immigration.

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Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public support behind his proposals for giving millions of illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship, as well as making improvements to the legal immigration system and border security. The president will launch his push in a campaign-style event in Las Vegas, a day after a bipartisan group of senators unveiled their own plan for addressing an issue that has languished in Washington for years.

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