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Senate Democratic leaders say President Obama will act unilaterally to reform the nations immigration system if House Republicans fail to pass legislation by the end of July.

They have about a six-week window, from June 10 after the last Republican primary until the August recess. If they dont pass immigration reform them, the president will have no choice but to act on his own, said Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third-ranking Senate Democratic leader and author of the comprehensive Senate immigration reform proposal.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Democrats highest priority for reform is to reunify the families of illegal immigrants that have been split by deportations.

There is no demographic group in the world that believes in family unification more than Hispanics, Reid said. Thats my first goal, I think should be our first goal. The way to do that once and for all is to pass comprehensive immigration reform."

Democrats noted that 329 days have gone by since the Senate passed its reform bill, which exceeded 1,000 pages and addressed border security, interior enforcement, work visas and granted a pathway to citizenship to millions of immigrants.

Republican critics say the bill did not go far enough to secure the border and could hurt citizens looking for work.

Three hundred and twenty-nine days ago Senate Democrats voted unanimously to double the supply of low-wage guest workers for corporations, said Stephen Miller, a spokesman for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.).

He noted a Congressional Budget Office finding that the bill could increase unemployment and reduce wages.

Obama recently ordered the Department of Homeland Security to make its enforcement of immigration law more sensitive to the negative impact it may have on the families of immigrants living in the country illegally.

Advocates for better treatment of illegal immigrants expect the department will issue new guidance to ease the deportation of illegal immigrants whose family members are citizens or settled U.S. residents.

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