Daily video/Candidate tracker: Obama on undocumented workers

Sen. Barack Obama on the campaign trail in Laconia, N.H. yesterday.

Candidate tracker

A regular feature, here we track what U.S. presidential candidates have had to say about immigration-related policy in recent days.

• Democratic presidential candidates promised the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials they will continue to pursue comprehensive immigration reform. Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson, and Barack Obama, among others were there. Republican presidential candidates were invited, but only Rep. Duncan Hunter showed up.
• Rudy Giuliani reaffirms the U.S.' need for "secure borders" after the terrorist scare at Glasgow's airport this Saturday: "[I]f you don't end illegal immigration, almost nothing is possible, because no matter what you do, things are going to get worse."
• Mitt Romney says he doesn't want to deport the 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country but he doesn't want to give them a "special pathway" to legalization either.

Candidate tracker: Immigration bill failure

A regular feature, here we track what U.S. presidential candidates have had to say about immigration-related policy in recent days.

• Hillary Clinton is disappointed in the failure to alleviate what she calls the "immigration crisis"; she calls to "repair the broken, unfair bureaucratic system" currently in place.
• Barack Obama said: "This bill was by no means perfect, but even though there were provisions that some of us disagreed with, we should have worked to find common ground on a solution to a problem that isn't going away anytime soon."
• Mitt Romney said in a speech that "[t]he failure of this bill is related to the failure of Washington politicians to connect with the American people."
• Rudy Giuliani released a statement: "The legislation was a hodgepodge at best, and I believe it would have ultimately made our country less secure."