Washington Times
By David Sherfinski
September 29, 2014
Rep.
Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, says President Obama will “poison the
well” on immigration if he acts on the issue unilaterally after the
midterm elections.
“If
the president, in the lame-duck session of Congress, after the
elections but right before a new session, tries to do some kind of an
unconstitutional work around Congress,
he will poison the well for immigration reform and make a political
decision to not work on getting immigration reform,” Mr. Ryan said on
Fox Business Network.
The
key, Mr. Ryan said, is “workable legal immigration.” The
Democrat-controlled Senate passed a broad bill last year that boosts
border security and provides a path to
citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the
country, while the GOP-controlled House has favored a step-by-step
approach.
“What
we want to do is just make sure national security is taken care of
first,” Mr. Ryan said. “I mean, secure the border, have interior
enforcement, actually get that
done, actually verify that that’s done, and then go fix the the other
things that are broken with immigration. With ISIS, with heroin coming
into our schools, this is a national security crisis. We have to deal
with this border issue. The president hasn’t,
and that’s what’s frustrating to Republicans.”
The
issue received renewed attention earlier this year with an influx of
young illegal immigrants coming into the U.S. from countries such as El
Salvador, Guatemala and
Honduras. To the consternation of many pro-immigrant groups, Mr. Obama
ultimately decided to postpone any major unilateral moves on the issue
until after the elections.
But
Mr. Ryan said if Mr. Obama does decide to go around Congress, he will
put millions of people in “legal limbo” and “poison the goodwill in
Congress to get anything
done on a bipartisan basis.”
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