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John Boehner mocks colleagues on immigration reform
House Speaker John Boehner mocked his colleagues for not tackling immigration reform during a rotary club meeting. CBS This Morning April 25, 2014.
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A House GOP lawmaker is urging Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to bring up immigration reform, saying it would benefit the nation and the Republican Party to undertake an overhaul that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
The letter from Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) adds to a quiet but growing chorus of comments from House Republicans during the current congressional recess speaking in favor of immigration reform this year which remains a steep uphill battle, with the House GOP fundamentally divided on the hot-button issue.
In the missive, dated April 23, King tells Boehner that a confluence of events makes immigration reform possible, including a path to citizenship coupled with strong and real border security and enforcement measures.
(Also on POLITICO: 22 Senate GOPers: Grave concern on deportations)
It would be in our countrys national interest as well as the interest of our party if this could be achieved and I want to assure you of my support as this effort goes forward, King wrote.
King, a former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, calls for the strongest language possible that would compel President Barack Obama and future administrations to comply with whatever border-security laws that lawmakers write. Security measures included in the Senate Gang of Eight bill, as well as a separate House border-security bill passed through a House committee last year, provide a good base to start from, he said.
As to the issues of legalization and citizenship for undocumented immigrants, I fully understand and appreciate the argument that illegal behavior should not be rewarded, King wrote. The reality though is that we are not going to deport 11 million immigrants.
The letter, which has not been widely released, was obtained by POLITICO and confirmed by Kings office. It follows remarks from other House Republicans this week including Illinois Reps. Aaron Schock, Adam Kinzinger and John Shimkus raising the need for immigration reform.
(Also on POLITICO: Peter King: Rand Paul 'feeding into paranoia')
But the chances of the GOP-led House taking up an issue so politically charged and legislatively complex as immigration reform remains low, particularly in an election year. Its leaders argue that they cant trust Obama to implement any laws they pass impeding the pathway for immigration reform.
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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, mocked his Republican colleagues for being too scared to reform the nation's immigration laws during a speech Thursday in his home district.
"Here's the attitude: 'Ohhhh. Don't make me do this. Ohhhh. This is too hard,'" he told a meeting of the Middletown Rotary Club.
"We get elected to make choices. We get elected to solve problems and it's remarkable to me how many of my colleagues just don't want to," he continued. "They'll take the path of least resistance."
Boehner said his work pushing the House of Representatives to deal with immigration reform has earned him a few bruises. "I've had every brick and bat and arrow shot at me over this issue just because I wanted to deal with it. I didn't say it was going to be easy," he said.
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A new immigration reform proposal from the House Republican leadership has triggered an intramural fight inside the party. Jeff Pegues reports.
President Obama and congressional Democrats have roasted the House for failing to act on immigration reform. They've accused Boehner of appeasing his party's far right wing at the expense of sensible, bipartisan policy. Even some Senate Republicans have predicted that the Senate bill would pass if Boehner ever brought it to the floor.
Boehner, ultimately the only person who could force the House to vote on a bill, has said he recognizes the nation's immigration system is broken, but he's also said he doesn't want to get out in front of his conference - that he wants the House to "work its will" on immigration.
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John Boehner mocks House Republicans for avoiding immigration reform