Tens of thousands of protestors descended on Capitol Hill on Sunday, amid Barack Obama’s push for universal healthcare reform, they were however not here for that, they were here for the other reform the president had promised while vying for the electorates affections, reform on immigration.

The crowd chanted and cheered Obama’s own election slogan, as they marched through Washington, “Si se puede” – Yes it is possible. For the numbers of largely Latino voters that had turned out were reacting to what they feel to be a unkept promise, US immigration reform in the first year of office. This promise was again made by the president as he promised the protestors, via video link on a large screen, that this was still his aim.

Some might have seen this as the indulgences of a man that still believes in his own ‘super powers’, although what these past months in office must have taught the withering Obama, is that congress has appeared to appease his verocity in much the same way as kryptonite would on the real Super Man.

With some estimates putting the number of illegal immigrants inside the United States as between 20-40 million the blueprint for such a massive overhaul has not even been drafted, let alone inked, and it would appear that the task facing the president in the coming months is not an easy one. As Obama has now managed to pass his ‘monumental’ healthcare reform and many parts of congress decreeing that both sets of reform are not financially budgetable together, whether he can push this reform through with the same gritted teeth determination he displayed over the weekend is open to scepticism.

The super hero of Washington lives to fight another day and the crowds baying for change have been placated once again, Obama using the same call to arms as during his election run,

“I have always pledged to be your partner as we work to fix our broken immigration system, and that’s a commitment that I reaffirm today,” he told the crowd.

Although with the president elected marginally with what most felt to be the Latino vote, and elections to be held in November, it is clear that failure to deliver would deal a blow to his popularity on the floor, as well as many Latinio’s belief in his super-strength.