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发帖数: 3922 | 1 WASHINGTON – Hispanic lawmakers left a White House meeting today projecting
optimism on an immigration overhaul — despite clear signs that House
Republicans are adamant on the sticking point of citizenship for 11 million
people in the country illegally.
“The president has said that he would not sign any law that does not have a
pathway to American citizenship. And we believe that the president is very
firm on that,” said Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, chairman of the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
House Republicans are meeting this afternoon for a two-hour closed-door
strategy session on immigration.
Conservatives, including most Texas Republicans – the biggest GOP
contingent from any state – remain unwavering. They view any path to
citizenship as unacceptable “amnesty” for lawbreakers, and bad policy that
will only encourage future waves of illegal immigration.
Hinojosa and others Hispanic lawmakers who met with President Barack Obama
and Vice President Joe Biden today offered no hints on how they might
overcome that resistance, other than to say that pressure from business and
evangelical leaders might sway opponents.
Rep. Xavier Becerra of California, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus
and the Hispanic group’s leader on immigration talks, said the president “
left no doubt that finally fixing a broken immigration system is the top
priority…. We know we have a champion in the White House.”
The Senate plan does offer a path to citizenship. To entice some Republicans
to support it, backers agreed to a massive security buildup, doubling the
Border Patrol by hiring 20,000 more agents, and adding 350 miles of fencing
and other security measures at a cost of $46 billion over 10 years.
Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, called demands that any legislation include
eventual citizenship “absolutely” non-negotiable.
He sees an internal struggle for primacy among tea party Republicans and
other hardliners, and those more sensitive to business interests.
“There has to be a concerted effort from others who really understand the
importance of immigration reform – the business community, the chambers of
commerce – who understand that for the nation’s economic health,
comprehensive immigration reform is important,” Gallego said.
Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, called the meeting an “incredibly
candid and productive conversation on accomplishing comprehensive
immigration reform. Like us, the president believes that there are
compelling moral and economic reasons to support comprehensive reform and
like us, he realizes… it requires the work and cooperation of both parties.
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: WASHINGTON – Hispanic lawmakers left a White House meeting today projecting
: optimism on an immigration overhaul — despite clear signs that House
: Republicans are adamant on the sticking point of citizenship for 11 million
: people in the country illegally.
: “The president has said that he would not sign any law that does not have a
: pathway to American citizenship. And we believe that the president is very
: firm on that,” said Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, chairman of the
: Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
: House Republicans are meeting this afternoon for a two-hour closed-door
: strategy session on immigration.
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