House GOP leaders have rejected a comprehensive overhaul like the one passed on a bipartisan basis by the Senate, but they’re open to a piecemeal approach. Democrats are fine with that, as long as it includes a citizenship component for those in the country illegally. (The other provisions are less contentious.) Without that, immigration reform is dead. The trouble there is citizenship is highly unlikely to be supported by a majority of the Republican conference, without which Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has repeatedly promised not to bring up a bill. click-to-read-mo.re/p/2NW3
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:51:51 +0000
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