President Obama met with 30 House and Senate members late last week to discuss the importance of moving forward with comprehensive immigration reform. In attendance were AgJobs champions Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) and Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL).

The president stated that "[his] administration is fully behind an effort to achieve comprehensive immigration reform." However, he added that "...we know it's a sensitive and politically volatile issue. One of the things that was said around the table is the American people still don't have enough confidence that Congress and any administration is going to get serious about border security, and so they're concerned that any immigration reform simply will be a short-term legalization of undocumented workers with no long-term solution with respect to future flows of illegal immigration."

"It's a positive step that the administration organized this strategy session with key congressional leaders," said Kam Quarles, vice president of government relations and legislative affairs for United Fresh. "United Fresh is strongly supportive of moving forward with the legislative process immediately to give AgJobs the best chance of becoming law in the current Congress."

A full transcript of the president's comments can be found here.