President Obama uses Univision, Telemundo to press case for immigration reform

President Barack Obama sat down for interviews with four Spanish-language television stations, as the White House looked to increase pressure on House Republicans to pass immigration reform.

The President hoped the interviews, granted to Univision and Telemundo stations in Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles and New York, would help sell a comprehensive reform package at risk of stalling in the GOP-controlled House. Reporters for the Spanish-language networks were also given “behind-the-scenes access to the White House and the president’s top advisers,” and would broadcast from a special location on the South Lawn, the White House said. During the daily White House briefing, press secretary Jay Carney broke from normal procedure to make sure he called on two Spanish-language journalists visiting the White House.