Obama 'Modestly Optimistic' About Immigration Legislation

The U.S. president has suggested he might be willing to open the door to compromise on immigration legislation. Barack Obama, in a pair of interviews released Friday, said he may drop his insistence that immigration legislation include a special pathway to citizenship for the 11 million people already in the US. illegally. The U.S. leader's comments come a day after Republican leaders in the House of Representatives released a statement of immigration principles, allowing millions...

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