By JULIA PRESTON
Published: December 18, 2010
The result, though not unexpected, was still a rebuff to President Obama by newly empowered Republicans in Congress on an issue he has called one of his priorities. The student bill, tailored to benefit only college-bound immigrants brought here illegally when they were children, was regarded by supporters as the easiest piece to pass of a larger overhaul of immigration laws that Mr. Obama supports.
His administration has pursued a two-sided immigration policy, coupling tough enforcement — producing a record number of about 390,000 deportations this year — with an effort to pass the overhaul, which would open a path to legal status for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.
Now, with less hope for any measures giving legal status to illegal immigrants once Republicans take over the House in January, the administration is left with just the stick.
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