“The bottom line is — the American people do not trust the president to enforce laws, and we don’t either,” Carter and Johnson wrote in a joint statement, pointing to the White House’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the health-care law that has undergone adjustments, as an example of the administration’s selective approach to enforcing l aws. “We have reached a tipping point and can no longer continue working on a broad approach to immigration. We want to be clear. The problem is politics.” The once-eight-member House immigration group — four Republicans and four Democrats — has now essentially disbanded, leaving little hope for a bipartisan immigration framework. Another key Republican, Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho, walked away from talks earlier this year.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:52:39 +0000