These Republicans are walking into a trap by refusing to pass amnesty

In fact, the Speaker’s outburst is evidence of a strong political instinct sensing approaching disaster for his party.

Obama and the Democrats in Congress have been steadily pulling House Republicans into a trap.

In the last two weeks, the Department of Homeland Security announced it is looking at reducing deportation of illegal immigrants by no longer forcing out immigrants who have no significant criminal record. This is an extension of the president’s earlier support for allowing young people who entered the country illegally but have grown up in the United States and are in school or the military to avoid deportation.

That approach picked up on a 2011 memo by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials that proposed exempting from deportation elderly people, pregnant women, and people in need of medical care for an illness.

Senate Republicans are a step ahead of Boehner in looking down the political road. They see that the House’s lack of action could open the door for Obama to take unilateral action on immigration reform.