The State of the Union: A handy benchmark for immigration reform

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Listening in back are Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner, right. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

By Ryan Teague Beckwith, Digital First Media

Posted on | Updated: February 5, 2013 4:04 pm MDT 0 comments

Long a touchstone, immigration to take center stage at State of the Union

President Barack Obama is expected to make immigration the centerpiece of his annual State of the Union address Tuesday, but it will hardly be the first time the topic has come up.In the past 18 years, immigration has been discussed a dozen times in the president's annual speech to Congress, including three out of four of Obama's previous addresses.That makes it a useful benchmark for how much the political environment has changed.President Bill Clinton used harsh rhetoric and promised to …

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