Posted on 07/24/2014 5:46:08 AM PDT by cotton1706
Sen. Ted Cruz is urging House Republicans to reject legislation addressing the border crisis, arguing that passing a bill through the lower chamber would play into the hands of Senate Democrats.
The Texas Republican’s move to sway GOP lawmakers will hamper any House effort to pass a border bill before Congress adjourns for its summer break at the end of next week.
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In a Wednesday morning meeting, Cruz told a group of more than 20 House conservatives that they would regret passing legislation addressing the Texas border crisis because Senate Democrats were likely to gut it and use it as a vehicle to pass other immigration legislation. He also touted his immigration bill that would defund Obama’s efforts to defer deportations of illegal immigrants who came to the country at a young age. That legislation, Cruz said, is the only answer to the border crisis. But the measure is strongly opposed by Democrats and some Republicans.
Cruz, who might run for president in 2016, has enormous influence with Tea Party members in the House.
Should he try to pass a border bill through the House soon, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his deputies will need every vote they can get. Some House Republicans have signaled they won’t vote for any supplemental spending border bill and most Democrats are expected to oppose it.
A House Republican working group on Wednesday released its recommendations for dealing with the tens of thousands of unaccompanied children at the southern border. It did not embrace the Cruz solution.
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Ted Cruz is right, anything that gets passed out of the house on immigration will be gutted and Scamnesty will replace it...
Just like the RATS did with NeroCare.
Please keep trying, Mr. Cruz, but they’ve been letting democrats fool them for about 40 years now, so I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you.
IMHO, the message should be very honest and clear.
Illegal immigration is illegal, and should remain so. To excuse this crime is to ignore the efforts and waiting of all those who came to this country via legal means - and all of those who still wait. Wouldn’t it be more fair to accelerate the legal immigration of persecuted Iraqi Christians than those who blatantly exploit the border?
I also think we should be holding foreign governments accountable for failing to provide opportunity and an acceptable standard of living for their citizens, and especially their children.
Finally, someone who gets it.
House GOP: “But we like to be fooled.”
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