The Senate passed a bill in the summer of 2013 that was co-authored by a group of eight senators — four Republicans and four Democrats. The bill would have allowed 8 million undocumented immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship after a 13-year legalization process, provided $38 billion to double the size of the Border Patrol and add new technology along the border, and revamp the legal immigration to allow more high-tech and lower-skilled workers to enter the country. Boehner refused to let his chamber consider that bill, saying he preferred a slower, step-by-step approach to immigration reform that started with border security. Boehner and other House leaders introduced a set of immigration principles in January that they said would guide their process. But over the summer, as more than 60,000 Central American children flooded the southwest border, Boehner declared the issue dead.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:33:59 +0000
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