Why did Obama oppose a bill preventing illegals with criminal records from becoming US Citizens?

Obama opposed an amendment to the Senate immigration reform bill of June 2007 that would prevent immigrants with a criminal record from gaining legal status.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=3326113&page=1

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