Little GOP appetite for immigration fight on homeland bill

[mystery-ak]

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/republicans-immigration-bill-homeland-security-117621.html?hp=l1_3


Little GOP appetite for immigration fight on homeland bill

Last year’s bid to undo Obama’s immigration actions deemed a failure, time to move on to other priorities.

By Seung Min Kim

5/5/15 5:36 AM EDT

Hill Republicans have all but surrendered the fight against President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration.

A handful of GOP firebrands are still agitating to use Congress’ power of the purse to reverse Obama’s move to shield millions of immigrants here illegally from deportations.

But top Republicans say they’re not about to go there again: They tried that earlier this year with the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill but were forced to capitulate on the eve of a department shutdown, having won no concessions on immigration. Better to let the issue play out in the courts, the GOP reasoning goes, especially since a judge has already halted the president’s November executive actions — at least for now.

“The avenue that we took last time was a losing battle, and we knew it was a losing battle going into it,” said Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), the man writing this year’s DHS funding bill. “There might be other things we can figure out. We’re putting our heads together on that — but it won’t be what we did last time because what we did last time won’t win.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/republicans-immigration-bill-homeland-security-117621.html#ixzz3ZGr4hQBA

[Bigun]

Worthless inside the beltway whores! Every last one of them!

[flowers]

Worthless inside the beltway whores! Every last one of them!

yep the invasion is occurring daily......they do nothing.

[andy58-in-nh]

A determinedly lawless President cannot be checked by Congress, absent a two-thirds majority in opposition. The Supreme Court is the only remedy, and that's no guarantee, either.
 
After that... We, The People are on our own.
 

[Formerly Once-Ler]

A determinedly lawless President cannot be checked by Congress, absent a two-thirds majority in opposition. The Supreme Court is the only remedy, and that's no guarantee, either.

I agree.  2005 and 2006 proved even a GOP Congress and President can't fix illegal immigration.  I remain hopeful the GOP can get this monkey off it's back before 2016 but I don't see how that will occur.