Speaker Boehner Faces the Nation and Spews Same, Tired Excuses on Immigration
John Dickerson. The Senate passed a bill, came over to the House and House leaders didn't do anything on immigration all of last year…nothing's been done…
Speaker Boehner. John, I've been trying to do immigration reform for four years…what the president has done is that he's poisoned the well…
Americans have heard this lame evasion over and over again. Most recently, his hypocrisy and "phony" excuses were blasted.
…[immigration] isone [policy] the Speaker intends to do nothing about.
…for a year Mr. Boehner sat on an immigration bill that Mr. Obama would have been pleased to enforce…
…but in the face of opposition from conservative Republicans, he never permitted a vote.
House Republicans and Speaker Boehner can attempt to shift the blame and offer excuses all they want, but Americans know these so-called GOP leaders were yanked to the right by the extremist faction of the their Conference further cementing themselves as anti-Latino and anti-immigrant. So, when Speaker Boehner says he wants "to do immigration," what he means is that he'll continue listening to anti-immigrant Spokesman Rep. Steve King who favors callously separating families, deporting DREAMers and demonizing immigrants.