The Chicago City Council demanded today that President Obama deliver on his broken campaign promise to deliver comprehensive immigration reform.

Three months after forcing the Obama administration to drop deportation proceedings against University of Illinois at Chicago student Rigo Padilla, Hispanic aldermen pushed through a resolution aimed at lighting a fire under the former U.S. senator from Chicago.

The resolution sets the stage for a massive demonstration in the nation’s capital scheduled for March 21. It calls for a moratorium on raids and deportations until immigration reform is passed.

“Our President — a President we’re very proud of — promised to address this issue after the first 90 days of his administration, then after 180 days, then after a year. It’s been 14 months,” said Ald. Danny Solis (25th).

“In the meantime, there’s been more deportations. There’s been families that have been broken. It’s a national disgrace. ... This has to stop. Enough is enough.”

Ald. Roberto Maldonado (26th) noted that the first year of the Obama administration has produced 400,000 deportations, “many more” than there were during the last year of the Bush administration.

“It is a shame that we need to see hundreds of thousands of children in this nation being separated from their parents just because we have a broken immigration system,” Maldonado said.

“This should be the last time that we need to ask President Barack Obama … to fulfill the promise of hope that he made to us.”

Ald. Ray Suarez (31st) noted that Democrats control the White House and both chambers in Congress, “Yet we find excuses for why we can’t” approve immigration reform.

“When people run on a platform, excuses are unacceptable,” Suarez said.

He added, “It is unconscionable to send Dad or Mom out because they weren’t born here after they’ve been here for 10 or 15 years. It is something this country has to work out.”

Ald. Ed Smith (28th) joined his colleagues in supporting the resolution. But, the Obama-bashing clearly made him uncomfortable.

“I don’t believe that the trepidation in this case is simply because the President [does] not want to pass this issue. But, it takes a lot of votes and a lot of involvement to get things done in Washington D.C.,” Smith said.

“So, just because it has not passed right now — I’m sure that this has not been taken off the table.”