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President Obamaon Tuesdayamplified his threat to veto GOP efforts to undermine his executive actions easing deportations.

But unlike years past, the president stopped short of using his annual State of the Union speech to press Congress hard for the comprehensive immigration reform legislation thats been a campaign promise since 2008.

In the first instance, the president threatened to veto any GOP bill that rehashes past battles on immigration when we've got a system to fix a reference to recent Republican efforts to use legislation funding the Homeland Security Department selectively to undo his executive actions halting deportations for millions of illegal immigrants.

The remarks drew Democrats out of their seats in applause, while Republicans looked on in silence.

The second reference is also brief, as the president called broadly for Congress to resist policies that would tear families apart.

Yes, passions still fly on immigration, the speech reads, but surely we can all see something of ourselves in the striving young student, and agree that no one benefits when a hardworking mom is taken from her child, and that its possible to shape a law that upholds our tradition as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

Obamas call for immigration reform was much louder in his 2013 State of the Union address, when he urged Congress to send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months, and I will sign it right away.

Let's get this done, he said, identifying a number of specific policies he wanted to see as part of that package.

The president also pushed hard for immigration reform in last year's speech. He didn't outline specific policies, but he touted the economic benefits of passing comprehensive reform and urged Congress to "fix our broken immigration system."

So lets get immigration reform done this year, he said at the time.

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A group of Catholic leaders urged fellow Catholics in Congress to set aside partisan bickering and support the U.S. bishops' efforts on behalf of a comprehensive immigration reform, calling it a sanctity of life issue and an important step in building a culture of life.

"Our nation's inhumane and flawed immigration policies leave migrant women, children and families abandoned by the side of the road," the group said in a letter released Tuesday, two days before the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

Among the signers of the letter were the presidents of several Catholic universities, bishops, men and women religious, former staff members at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the heads of various institutes and social action agencies.

"As Cardinal Sean O'Malley put it in a homily at the U.S.-Mexico border last year: 'We know that the border is lined with unmarked graves of thousands who die alone and nameless,' " the letter said.

"Immigration is 'another pro-life issue,' the cardinal reminds us, echoing our Holy Father Pope Francis, who views abortion, extreme economic inequality and the death of migrants as part of a 'globalization of indifference' and a 'throwaway culture' that treats human beings as disposable," it said.

The signers noted that there are more than two dozen pro-life Catholics in the House of Representatives, saying that "many of them will join thousands of people of faith, including some of us, at the March for Life in Washington" on Thursday.

"As brothers and sisters in faith, we urge these elected officials and all Catholics to defend the sanctity of human lives at all stages," the letter said. "We recognize the image of God in the migrant at the border, in the prisoner on death row, in the pregnant woman and in the hungry child."

On Jan. 14, the House voted 236 to 191 to block funding for President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration, which included deferring deportations for millions of people who are in the country illegally.

The bill included an amendment to cut off funding for the president's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.

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Advocates for immigration reform have one more thing to be thankful for this year. After many political ups and downs, President Barack Obama made an executive order on immigration reform. And just in time for the holidays.

Families have been separated from loved ones due to their illegal status. Growing up in a primarily immigrant Latino community, I have seen my friends, who were born in the U.S., lose their parents to deportation over a traffic violation. My parents have helped try to bring parents back to their children as pastors in the community. When immigrant parents are deported the children become, "American orphans that the government orphaned, according to "The Stranger," a documentaryby the Evangelical Immigration Table.

The NationalLatino Evangelical Coalition(NaLEC) is a national coalition that advocates for immigration reform, education and against poverty based on biblical principles. This coalition strives to love people and pursue justice and has been a voice to the voiceless. NaLEC is moving forward to help immigrants become familiar with Obamas new plan.

Obama said he believes the immigration system is broken. He proposed to grant a faster process for DREAMers, children who were brought here illegally by their parents, to gain citizenship by going to college or joining the Armed Forces for two years. The president wants to reunite families and create a provisional legal status for immigrants willing to comply with regulations, such as pass criminal background checks and pay a penalty.

I'm glad Obama decided to make an executive decision on immigration reform. This has given hope to many undocumented immigrants who have been living in this country for more than 10 years. If you would like to advocate for immigration reform, join the cause at http://www.nalec.org.

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