Moment for immigration bill is now, Obama says

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says "the moment is now'' for Congress to act to overhaul the broken US immigration laws. Obama spoke at a White House event hours before the full Senate holds its first votes on a landmark bill. The legislation would create a path to citizenship for many of the 11 million people in the US legally. The president says the Senate bill is not perfect and no one will get everything they want. He says the bill would be a massive investment in Mexican border security and would give employers a reliable way to check whether those they are hiring are in the country legally. Obama also says the pathway to citizenship offered in the bill would be "no cakewalk'' for those already in the country illegally.