Ft Worth Star: Pope visits U.S.: 'I think our country needs this message'

U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey said that if the speech mentions immigration reform, his "deepest hope is that the pope's message does not fall on deaf ears and that my Republican colleagues finally bring comprehensive immigration reform to the floor for a vote."

"It is the only way that we as an elected body and as brothers and sisters of the global community can fulfill his call to action and give the undocumented community concrete hope," said Veasey, D-Fort Worth.

Veasey has invited Lisette Moreno, whose parents brought her to the United States when she was young and overstayed their visas, to join him in the House gallery for the speech.