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Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Monday said enhancements in border security
must be “in place” before the process of granting legal status to 11
million illegal immigrants begins, laying down a new marker in the debate
over immigration reform.
“The House is going to do its own job on developing an immigration bill,”
Boehner said Monday after an event on the Capitol steps on student loans. “
But it’s real clear, from everything that I’ve seen an read over the last
couple of weeks, that the American people expect that we’ll have strong
border security in place before we begin the process of legalizing and
fixing our legal immigration system.”
Boehner has been deliberately circumspect in weighing in on the specifics of
immigration reform proposals, and so his comments on the timing of
legalization are significant as the House embarks on its own effort to
rewrite the nation’s immigration laws.
The Speaker will lead a special meeting of the House Republican Conference
on Wednesday to discuss immigration reform, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor
(R-Va.) has said the House could vote on proposals this month before the
August recess.
Boehner reiterated that the House would not take up legislation the Senate
passed last month, and he did not back away from his pledge that any
immigration bill must earn the support of a majority of Republicans to come
for a vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticized that
stance earlier Monday.
The question of when illegal immigrants would be eligible for provisional
legal status on their path to full citizenship has emerged as a key dividing
point between House Republicans and the bipartisan majority that backed the
Senate bill.
In the Senate bill, immigrants become eligible as early as six months after
enactment of the law, but many conservatives want specific border security
enhancements to be implemented — and not merely drawn up as a plan —
before legalization occurs.
Immigration reform advocates in both parties are ramping up their efforts to
pressure House Republicans to back a path to citizenship and comprehensive
legislation this week.
The conservative American Action Network is buying ads on Fox News urging
Republicans to back the “border surge” that was added to the Senate bill
before it passed, calling for $30 billion to be spent to boost border
security.
Liberal advocates with United We Dream are planning rallies and a mock
citizenship ceremony on Wednesday to coincide with the House GOP confab.
Those activists adopted a hard line on Monday, saying that they would not
support any further compromises on immigration legislation. They said any
policy short of a full path to citizenship was “unacceptable,” even if the
House GOP agreed to citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.
“We will not take any more compromises,” said Evelyn Rivera, a member of
the United We Dream National Coordinating Committee.
The House Democratic Caucus is also planning a closed-door meeting on
immigration for Tuesday.
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must be “in place” before the process of granting legal status to 11
million illegal immigrants begins, laying down a new marker in the debate
over immigration reform.
“The House is going to do its own job on developing an immigration bill,”
Boehner said Monday after an event on the Capitol steps on student loans. “
But it’s real clear, from everything that I’ve seen an read over the last
couple of weeks, that the American people expect that we’ll have strong
border security in place before we begin the process of legalizing and
fixing our legal immigration system.”
Boehner has been deliberately circumspect in weighing in on the specifics of
immigration reform proposals, and so his comments on the timing of
legalization are significant as the House embarks on its own effort to
rewrite the nation’s immigration laws.
The Speaker will lead a special meeting of the House Republican Conference
on Wednesday to discuss immigration reform, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor
(R-Va.) has said the House could vote on proposals this month before the
August recess.
Boehner reiterated that the House would not take up legislation the Senate
passed last month, and he did not back away from his pledge that any
immigration bill must earn the support of a majority of Republicans to come
for a vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticized that
stance earlier Monday.
The question of when illegal immigrants would be eligible for provisional
legal status on their path to full citizenship has emerged as a key dividing
point between House Republicans and the bipartisan majority that backed the
Senate bill.
In the Senate bill, immigrants become eligible as early as six months after
enactment of the law, but many conservatives want specific border security
enhancements to be implemented — and not merely drawn up as a plan —
before legalization occurs.
Immigration reform advocates in both parties are ramping up their efforts to
pressure House Republicans to back a path to citizenship and comprehensive
legislation this week.
The conservative American Action Network is buying ads on Fox News urging
Republicans to back the “border surge” that was added to the Senate bill
before it passed, calling for $30 billion to be spent to boost border
security.
Liberal advocates with United We Dream are planning rallies and a mock
citizenship ceremony on Wednesday to coincide with the House GOP confab.
Those activists adopted a hard line on Monday, saying that they would not
support any further compromises on immigration legislation. They said any
policy short of a full path to citizenship was “unacceptable,” even if the
House GOP agreed to citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.
“We will not take any more compromises,” said Evelyn Rivera, a member of
the United We Dream National Coordinating Committee.
The House Democratic Caucus is also planning a closed-door meeting on
immigration for Tuesday.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/309653-boehner-boost-border-security-before-legalizing-immigrants-#ixzz2YUjZqjbX
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