House immigration group collapses

[Jesus Malverde]

Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON - The road to overhauling the nation's immigration laws became even more difficult Friday when two Republicans abandoned a bipartisan group that had been working to craft a solution in the House of Representatives.

Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, and Rep. Sam Jonhson, R-Texas, put the blame for their decision to leave the House working group on President Obama.

They said the bill they were developing put a lot of responsibility in the hands of the executive branch to enforce immigration law, and they couldn't trust him to follow through.

"If past actions are the best indicators of future behavior; we know that any measure depending on the president's enforcement will not be faithfully executed," Carter and Johnson said in a joint statement. "It would be gravely irresponsible to further empower this administration by granting them additional authority or discretion with a new immigration system. The bottom line is – the American people do not trust the president to enforce laws, and we don't either."


Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/20/immigration-house-group/2843175/

[sharp_stick]

1. I love these guys

even with all the gerrymandered districts the current crop of GOP losers is working really really hard to make themselves completely irrelevant even earlier than demographics suggest.

[Skinner]

2. Duh. The Executive branch enforces all the laws.

They just figured this out?

[geek tragedy]

3. GOP to Latinos: please vote us out of office. nt

[russspeakeasy]

4. If the dems can get the message out it could happen.

Big "if".

[global1]

5. Are There Any Other Repugs In This Group Or Just These Two Dudes?......

Get two other Repugs to fill their spots or just move on without them.

This immigration overhaul needs to get done. This is just another obstruction on the part of Repugs.

[leveymg]

6. I love it when body pieces fall off zombies. Always good for a chuckle.

[KamaAina]

7. That leaves precisely one bipartisan initiative in the entire Congress.

Sens. Pat Leahy (D-VT) and Rand Paul (R-Horrendous Rug) are working together to kill mandatory minimum sentencing. That's it.