The last time we checked on this promise, we concluded a Congress with Republicans in control of the U.S. House of Representatives was highly unlikely to approve immigration reform. That's still the case, but we've noted new action from President Obama trying to rekindle public conversation and reset the debate in favor of immigration reform.

In recent weeks, Obama has hosted three separate meetings on immigration reform, primarily with people who support his views on the matter. Representatives have included mayors, police chiefs, business executives, religious leaders, celebrities and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

The statements from the White House after each meeting have echoed similar themes: that Obama would like fix the broken immigration system; that he was disappointed that DREAM Act (see update below) failed to pass last year; that he was working to improve the border enforcement and the legal immigration system; and that immigration reform requires legislative action via Congress.

The point to the meetings, though, looked like rallying his supporters to keep up their own work on immigration. 

In a synopsis of a meeting held April 28, The White House press office noted, "The President urged meeting participants to help elevate the debate, and to reach out in their unique capacities and in a public way to forge partnerships across sectors and across demographics. There was broad agreement that more voices are needed to change the tone of the debate so that Congress acts to fix the broken system in a way that upholds America's history as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants."

 We can't say that we see evidence that Congress is more likely to address immigration reform anytime soon. But Obama looks to be rallying his troops to keep immigration reform in the public eye. In the course of our research, we ran across critics who said this is for electoral purposes, to ensure he retains political support from Hispanics going into the 2012 election. 

Whatever Obama's motivation, his hosting of high-profile meetings for immigration reform supporters counts for our purposes. We can't say Obama's chances for ultimate success are concretely better, but the meetings and the White House comments are enough for us to conclude that Obama intends to keep pursuing the matter. Obama explicitly asked his supporters to help him change the tone of the debate on immigration reform in order to create a friendlier environment for Congressional action. So we move the meter on this promise from Stalled to In the Works.