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Boehner won’t rush an immigration overhaul through the House

House Speaker John Boehner today praised the ongoing efforts of two bipartisan groups of congressional lawmakers, but he emphasized that an effective overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws will take time.

“We’ve got our first hearing on the issue today in the Judiciary committee,” Boehner, R-Ohio, said, as the House of Representatives begins its first hearing examining the country’s immigration laws.

“This is not about being in a hurry. This is about trying to get it right on behalf of the American people and those who are suffering under an immigration system that doesn’t work very well for anybody.”

The House Judiciary Committee is holding its first hearing of the 113th Congress on immigration, examining existing opportunities for legal immigration and whether the Obama administration is effectively enforcing the country’s existing laws to target illegal immigration.

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“We’ve got our first 1,435th hearing on the issue today in the Judiciary committee,” Boehner, R-Ohio,

Fixed.

BobMbx on February 5, 2013 at 1:35 PM

Boehner is a lead from behind kind of guy.

He lust for the power and the re-election money dole he gets to hand out for more leaders who will do it from behind like him.

He knows the real danger of un-election for speaker over this.

The RNC knows, they understand well what we did in Texas with Ted Cruz.

They will play it safe now and try to slip something by they can lie and blame the Democrat for.

It will not work, we have our eyes on them now.

They can not hide from U.S. any longer.

The msm nor the blogs can save them from U.S. knowing the truth of their actions now.

APACHEWHOKNOWS on February 5, 2013 at 1:42 PM

If they cave on this their all done.

NeoKong on February 5, 2013 at 1:44 PM

… Paging Ben Dover … Ben Dover, please come to the white courtesy phone …

Pork-Chop on February 5, 2013 at 1:47 PM

House Republican leadership will insist on vaseline before bending over.

Wigglesworth on February 5, 2013 at 1:56 PM

If they cave on this their all done.

NeoKong on February 5, 2013 at 1:44 PM

Too late
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/05/eric-cantor-dreamers_n_2623305.html

celticdefender on February 5, 2013 at 2:13 PM

Lookie here, and behave

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called for lawmakers and panelists to avoid using the term “illegal immigrant” during a committee hearing on immigration reform today.

“I hope no one uses the term ‘illegal immigrants’ here today,” Conyers said today, as National Review noted. “Our citizens are, the people in this country are not illegal, they are out of status, they are new Americans that are immigrants, and I think that we can forge a path to citizenship that will be able to pass muster.”

The comment is in keeping with what then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told a group of illegal immigrants in 2009. “You are special people,” she said, as Fox News reported. “You’re here on a Saturday night to take responsibility for our country’s future. That makes you very, very patriotic.”

Pelosi added that raids on work sites by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are “un-American.” The ICE union took a vote of no confidence in its political leadership in 2010.

“Senior ICE leadership dedicates more time to campaigning for immigration reforms aimed at large scale amnesty legislation, than advising the American public and Federal lawmakers on the severity of the illegal immigration problem, and the need for more manpower and resources within the ICE ERO to address it,” the union wrote in a letter explaining the vote.

Schadenfreude on February 5, 2013 at 2:36 PM

Again how is the GOP different from the Dems? Not as socialist?

Oil Can on February 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM

The House should pass enforcement measures. Period. And highlight the hell out of them because they’re popular.

The GOP needs to beat the drum about lax enforcement and national security. Scare the p*iss out of the public. If it succeeded with Julia and contraception, it can succeed with immigration and a lot of Americans.

Let’s have about five years of rigorous enforcement to thin the herd. Then we can discuss a punitive path.

New slogan: No Future Path Without Current Enforcement.

BuckeyeSam on February 5, 2013 at 2:48 PM

Boehner is a complete failure on this issue.

Lamar Smith’s HR 2885 mandatory E-Verify bill died in Dave Camp’s Ways and Means Committee, with Boehner’s complete approval.

Why vote GOP when they want to “save the country” just to give it away to foreign invaders, just like the Dems.??

The solution is attrition, including E-Verify.

As it works in Georgia.

fred5678 on February 5, 2013 at 3:38 PM

Republicans are just Democrats with an “R” behind their name.

If given the chance, the majority of Republicans in Congress would switch to the Democratic party.

albill on February 5, 2013 at 4:23 PM