House Republican leaders on Wednesday blocked any votes on immigration legislation, raising doubts about the prospects for election-year action on overhauling the nation's laws.
The Rules Committee voted early Wednesday against allowing votes on a measure offering citizenship to immigrants here illegally who serve in the military. The panel also rejected legislation that would have opened the U.S. military academies to young immigrants brought to the country illegally.
Republican Rep. Jeff Denham of California has pressed on the citizenship measure, and Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas had backed the military academies measure. Both lawmakers had offered their legislation as amendments to the sweeping defense policy bill that the House is considering this week.
"I'm disappointed that expanding opportunity to all of our students to the U.S military academies is not allowed to be part of the discussion about our nation's defense readiness," Castro said in a statement.Read the rest of the story HERE.
Midterm elections are about OBAMACARE and the ECONOMY....PERIOD!
Immigration reform CAN WAIT until we have THE SENATE BACK in the GOP's hands and WE KEEP the House. THEN ..and ONLY THEN, we do what ever it takes to SECURE OUR BORDERS FIRST BEFORE any other reforms are discussed.
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