senate to tat first step in this debate. that was florida senator marco rubio, architects of immigration reform abandoning his own work last wreak. on saturday rubio spokesperson drove the final nail in the coffin deeming any chances to pass a bill a ruse. wrote the spokesperson, at this point the most realistic way would be a series of individual bills. indeed, rubio isn t only one tearing up last remaining shreds of bipartisan in the gop. yesterday republican chair of the house homeland security committee mike mccall refused an invitation to meet with the president of the united states to discuss the path ahead on immigration reform. here is what he told the radio host. i am not going down the road of conferencing with the senate bill. i told boehner he needs to stand up very clear that we re not going to conference with the senate on this. we re not going to conference
piecemeal approach? democrats might cave. what do you mean? the piecemeal approach for the house is code for we ll do border security, punitive measures, we ll do something all about back taxes, all about fines and maybe a path to earned citizenship. maybe not. eric cantor s kids act provides dreamers doesn t let them become full citizens. exactly. i think unfortunately the piecemeal approach, none of itting include any of the things that are lines in the sand for immigrant rights community and democrats in the senate. i think it s silly to think piecemeal means you ll get a great bill when you add it together. ivities i was going to say look at congress, they can t get it together. think if we break it into five
why wouldn t they include a raise to the minimum wage in this bill. we want work to pay, feed your family and be self-reliant. we re going to cut this benefit from the government but require increase from the employers. that would make sense, logically coherent. is the majority i think the congressman mentioned how many people get food stamps that are working. i think it s the majority of people on food stamps. if you look at center for budget and priorities, if you look at poverty numbers, food stamps, they are almost parallel. we have economic duress. we re not through the worst of it. as such, the need for gocvernmet assistance has gone up. people are working. they haven t been paid enough to put food on the stable. congressman, i want to bring up a point. i wonder if it holds water. wall street journal, not a bastion of liberalism points out
efforts by democrats to increase political pressure on republicans who ruled out senate bill in hopes of using the issue in 2014 and 2016. i think we should see people running ads saying this person supports our current our nation s current broken immigration system. it really goes to show particularly when you look at the lineup of that heavy hitter coalition, how much race and fundamental fear of, you know, a more diverse country. a browner america. can short wire all other kind of logical reasoning and all other political dynamics. the fear at the root of this, as at the root of so many things, ted cruz and his strategy of objefuscatioobfusca bill, couch sitters, that fear is at the basis of all this