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Once again, theres said to be a thin ray of hope for immigration reform gaining passage this year. And once again, any hope of passage rests with one man: John Boehner. Republican and Democratic advocates see one final, long-shot chance to pass immigration reform this summer, and its fate rests with a Speaker stuck between his partys resistance and his search for a career-defining legacy, reports the Hill.

Weve heard this same story many, many times before.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is voicing confidence in the prospects for immigration reform in the House, the Hill reported in January 2013.

Speaker John Boehner gave a sliver of fresh insight into his thinking about immigration reform, saying he thinks legislation will pass the House before Congress has to wrestle with the debt ceiling, Politico reported in July 2013.

Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio has signaled he may embrace a series of limited changes to the nations immigration laws in the coming months, the New York Times reported in January of this year.

Each time the Boehner may back immigration reform balloon goes up, it gets popped, often by Boehner himself.

It always comes back to Boehner and the will-he-wont-he decision he keeps putting off. The fact that any immediate hopes for reforming the grossly dysfunctional immigration system rest with this self-interested coward should be enough reason to believe that nothing will happen any time soon.

Boehner wants to pass immigration reform. But he cant, explains the speaker, because theres a trust gap between Barack Obama and the House Republicans. Boehner says his caucus cant sign on to any reforms until they can trust Obama to enforce the law and evict as many brown people from the country as possible. The American people and including many of my members dont trust that the reform were talking about will be implemented as it was intended to be, Boehner has said.

Try to envision a scenario in which the House Republican caucus could be described as trusting of the president. Right now theyre a hairs breadth from filing articles of impeachment over the Benghazi coverup they know happened but cant prove. Boehners setting a bar for action on immigration that he knows is impossible for Obama to clear.

If there is a problem with trust, its safe to say that it emanates from the Republican adherence to a maximalist position on border enforcement and deportations. Forget Obama its doubtful that any person sufficiently moderate enough to win the presidency could also win the trust of the House Republican caucus on immigration.

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Its all a lie: Inside John Boehners twisted immigration cowardice