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President Obama gestures while speaking about immigration reform, Thursday,July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama arrives to speak about immigration, Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama outlines the need for immigration policy overhaul during a speech at the American University School of International Service in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama speaks on immigration reform at American University in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Dennis Brack/Pool
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on immigration reform at American University in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Dennis Brack/Pool
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President Barack Obama outlines the need for immigration policy overhaul during a speech at the American University School of International Service in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama is embraced by Rev. Al Sharpton after Obama spoke about immigration reform, Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama arrives to speak about immigration, Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama gestures while speaking about immigration reform, Thursday,July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama speaks about immigration reform, Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Padre Boulevard floods as the early effects of Hurricane Alex are felt along the Texas coast on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in South Padre Island, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A motorist is assisted by passerbys as the early effects of Hurricane Alex are felt along the Texas coast on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in South Padre Island, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Ken Buck, Weld County district attorney in Colorado, leads Jane Norton in the state's Republican primary race for a U.S. Senate seat by double digits, according to two recent surveys. (Associated Press)
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Mosab Hassan Yousef, right, gets a hug from friend Ruth Lefebvre, left, after his deportation hearing at the immigration detention center in San Diego Wednesday, June 30, 2010. A U.S. immigration judge in San Diego has agreed to grant asylum to Yousef. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
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Mosab Hassan Yousef, right, is hugged by former Israeli security service agent Gonen Ben-Itzhak, after his deportation hearing at the immigration detention center in San Diego, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. A U.S. immigration judge in San Diego has agreed to grant asylum to Yousef. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
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Mosab Hassan Yousef, center, leaves his deportation hearing with former Israeli security service agent Gonen Ben-Itzhak, left, and his attorney Steve Seick, right, at the immigration detention center in San Diego Wednesday, June 30, 2010. A U.S. immigration judge in San Diego has agreed to grant asylum to Yousef. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
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Wisconsin Supreme Court justices meet in the court chamber in Madison, Wis. on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The court, in a unanimous ruling Wednesday, upheld the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage and civil unions. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)
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First lady Michelle Obama jumps rope Wednesday with students in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Obama's "Let's Move" initiative aims to increase awareness and decrease the rate of obesity. (Associated Press)
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In this June 8, 2010, file photo, Elaine Jesmer of Los Angeles holds a sign during a protest against BP PLC organized by Moveon.org outside an ARCO gas station in Los Angeles. Tension is mounting between BP and the neighborhood retailers that sell its gasoline. As more Americans shun BP gasoline as a form of protest over the Gulf oil spill, station owners are insisting BP do more to help them convince motorists that such boycotts mostly hurt independently owned businesses, not the British oil giant. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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Anne, a child with Down syndrome, draws during a meeting in Paris on April 11, 2001, of the Collective Against Handiphobia, a French advocacy and support group for parents of children born with birth defects. AP PHOTO ERIC FEFERBERG