Republicans are afraid of immigration reform. It will cause them to lose marginal elections. It won't happen. Who is the nation going to put into office in 2016 because a President willing to write an executive order is their only hope.
Some Republican will claim they can get Congress to pass immigration reform. Think George W. Bush.
But last week, Washington seemed to swing rapidly from governing mode to campaign mode. That makes compromise essentially impossible....
Some Republican will claim they can get Congress to pass immigration reform. Think George W. Bush.
Posted:
03/17/2014 01:45:01 PM PDT
Updated:
03/18/2014 08:36:49 AM PDT
There was more (click here) than the usual bickering over immigration in Washington last
week, primarily between the House of Representatives and the White
House. The details are less important than what the argument signifies:
Comprehensive reform of our broken immigration system is dead for the
year.
Until now, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John
Boehner seemed to be tiptoeing around their differences just enough to
keep alive hope that they could reach agreement. In late January,
Boehner issued a set of House GOP principles for reform, although the
tea party said he was supporting amnesty. But last week, Washington seemed to swing rapidly from governing mode to campaign mode. That makes compromise essentially impossible....
