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The White House Doesn't See a Path to Passing Immigration Reform

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07-07-2013, 02:53 PM
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NBC's Chuck Todd said this morning that "the White House doesn't see a path" to passing an immigration bill by the end of this year:

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"The White House, they had been so confident they were going to sign immigration reform this year, for the first time I'm hearing that there is some doubt seeping in, that they think maybe the House won't act. What they need is, they need something to sort of force Boehner like at the last minute bring it to the floor the same way the fiscal cliff deal happened. The problem is there is no trigger at the end of the year, there isn't the end of this Congress there isn't this. So I don't know how this happens at the end of this year and suddenly now the White House doesn't see a path," said Todd.

"Fires all around them, no real second-term agenda when they have to deal with all these problems," host David Gregory added.

"Immigration was going to be the one thing they could have pointed to," said Andrea Mitchell, weighing in. "And I think that conversation with John Boehner and the president, the president doesn't have a whole well of trust in Boehner saying, you know, hang with me, I can get this done by the end of the summer. Boehner still doesn't have the support and you heard what Congressman Labrador has been saying, they don't have a Marco Rubio on the House side who can try to work around this and bring it together."

Todd interjected, "It was supposed to be Paul Ryan--"

"He's gone silent," Mitchell added.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032608/#52413756
Anyone here who defends the White House "strategy" for passing immigration reform, must be smoking something else. If this is true, they have AGAIN squandered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reform the immigration system. You do not wait until the Summer recess to pass a Senate bill that will need to be re-negotiated with the House. You run out of time! Wow.
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07-07-2013, 04:06 PM
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oh f@** it. Pass he DREAM ACT then.
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oh f@** it. Pass he DREAM ACT then.

I know, right?
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It seemed that the Republican guy on the CBS Sunday Morning show I was seeing was saying the same thing. Enjoy your DACA kids!
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07-07-2013, 06:44 PM
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Idk sounds like a good tactic to put pressure on republicans to act fast. But it's looking bleak though.
Its been funny to see republicans with puerto rican and cuban backgrounds talk tough on immigration lol
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In the 60's they were the ones saying, "Fuck yeah, we'll take it."
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This I can't believe it's been two years.
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07-07-2013, 07:26 PM
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Tough to say whether the Democrats are really on our side unfortunately. As far as the Republican party is concerned, I believe this is the end of them. Just hope this isn't the sole goal of the Democrats. Think about it...If Republican House helps pass CIR, surely some immigrants will change party lines and vote Republican in the future. We need to watch our backs just in case someone decides to stab us.
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Tough to say whether the Democrats are really on our side unfortunately. As far as the Republican party is concerned, I believe this is the end of them. Just hope this isn't the sole goal of the Democrats. Think about it...If Republican House helps pass CIR, surely some immigrants will change party lines and vote Republican in the future. We need to watch our backs just in case someone decides to stab us.
I'm all for angst but what can the Democrats do that they haven't done?
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^ This...lol...
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