Andrew Stiles:
The House “gang” that has spent years trying to craft a bipartisan immigration-reform bill appears to be breaking up — a considerable, but by no means lethal blow to the backers of the Senate Gang of Eight legislation.
The House gang began with eight members, but was reduced to seven in June, when Representative Raul Labrador (R., Idaho) left the group. On Friday, two of the three remaining Republicans in the group, Representatives John Carter and Sam Johnson of Texas, announced their departure, citing “a lack of faith in President Obama to enforce current and new laws necessary to solve the immigration problem.”
“After years of hard work and countless meetings, we have reached a tipping point and can no longer continue working on a broad approach to immigration,” the congressmen said in a joint statement. “We want to be clear. The problem is politics. Instead of doing what’s right for America, President Obama time and again has unilaterally disregarded the U.S. Constitution, the letter of the law and bypassed the Congress — the body most representative of the people — in order to advance his political agenda. We will not tolerate it.”
“If past actions are the best indicators of future behavior; we know that any measure depending on the president’s enforcement will not be faithfully executed,” they said. ”It would be gravely irresponsible to further empower this administration by granting them additional authority or discretion with a new immigration system. The bottom line is — the American people do not trust the President to enforce laws, and we don’t either.”
Carter and Johnson pledged to continue working with their Republican colleagues in the House in search of ”a way to fix this problem that will instill the authentic accountability that has been missing in immigration for the past 25 years.” Immigration reform must start “with a genuinely secure border, full implementation of E-verify, effective enforcement of current and future laws, and a commitment that any proposal contributes to a healthy economy,” they said.
What do you expect from a looser president and a bigger looser congress.
Best news I’ve heard all week. Of course Bohner and his fellow establishment fools could try to bring the Senate bill to the floor, or Canter may try to put forth his own version. Then there’s this from the same article:
Also, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) is pushing his own proposal for amnesty. We can’t take our eye off the ball with these progressives in charge, we must be ever vigilant.
I wish someone would ask our RINOs like Rubio and Ryan, why do we give preference to illegal aliens from Mexico and discourage illegal aliens from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Canada, and Asia? If we are to truly open our borders to illegal aliens, why don’t we invite the world. Yes, invite the world, until we have so many free loaders, America can no longer function.
Politics can become honorable and extremely Liberal, as they worry how to care for the indigent population of the world with a defunct economy. When we have exhausted our ability to absorb the uneducated and unskilled, perhaps we can worry about comprehensive immigration reform. LOL
Skookum
this on your 3 is a key, you just gave them freely.
they pay a multitude of lawyers to come with such a solution,
and they should pay you as the one coming with the key to the door of better laws turned toward
the freedom for AMERICANS FIRST, THEN THEY CAN TURN TO HELP THE FOREIGNERS,
NOT BEFORE, AND THEY ARE SLOW POKE SO IT WON’T BE SOON FOR FOREIGNER ANYWHERE,