Immigration reform ain't happening between now and November 2014. Additional proof that the House won't take up immigration anytime soon came last week after President Obama openly criticized House Republicans for not allowing votes on immigration bills. After doing so, Obama phoned House Majority Leader Eric I. Cantor -- the man who actually controls the House schedule -- and made a direct plea. But Cantor said in a statement that the president had only called "after he issued a partisan statement which attacked me and my fellow House Republicans and which indicated no sincere desire to work together."
Cantor has previously signaled a willingness to work on elements of the immigration issue, but never spoken out as boldly as Boehner, who has said several times in recent months that he personally believes that Congress and the GOP need to act. In other words, it's not likely that we will have any progress on Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill in 2014. Congress failed to pass immigration reform in 2013, and it will be further delayed again.
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