Immigration Bill Opposer Lost Primary....time To Revise N Pass The Bil

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Washington, DC – Tonight, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) conceded to GOP Primary challenger, David Brat, in the race for the Republican primary in VA-07.

Following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to this news:

“Let’s be clear: Eric Cantor was no friend of immigration reform.  He’s been the main person in the House blocking a vote on citizenship, and he proudly campaigned on his opposition to reform.

“He’s also a slick politician who speaks out of both sides of his mouth on issues such as immigration, and when a politician speaks out of both sides of his mouth it means he doesn’t believe in anything.  Cantor has always seemed more interested in his own rise to House speaker than in tending to his district.  It appears the primary voters decided he was out of touch.

“Whether immigration reform happens or not, these are the facts: a year ago the Senate passed a bipartisan bill, it’s still up to the House GOP leadership to decide whether to give us a vote or not, and the votes exist in the House to pass reform.  Maybe Boehner will be freed up to do the right thing.  But if the House GOP declares immigration dead, then we will turn to a President who has the authority to take executive action.

“If the House GOP declares immigration is dead, then so is the GOP as a national party.  The growing number of Latino, Asian American and immigrant voters will make sure of it.

“Too bad Rep. Cantor didn’t steal a page from Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who leaned into the issue, was unapologetic about his principled stand and won his primary handily.  Elections are referendums on an incumbent’s leadership ability.  Graham won big.  Cantor lost big.”

347 Days Since Senate Passed its Immigration Bill; 17 Days Left Until Window of Opportunity Closes

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Eric Cantor Attacked From All Sides On Immigration

RICHMOND, Va. -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) faced two competing attacks on Wednesday near his home district in Richmond. The first: That he's a liberal on immigration posing as a hardliner just to get primary election votes. The second: That he's one of the biggest impediments to immigration reform in the House.

Facing a June 10 primary challenge from longshot Republican Dave Brat, Cantor's campaign boasts that he blocked a comprehensive immigration reform bill passed by the Senate, bolstering his tough-on-immigration credentials. As majority leader, Cantor has given no immigration reform measures a chance for a vote in the House, either as a comprehensive bill or in smaller measures, like the recently-blocked Enlist Act. 

But Cantor also takes fire from the right. He has spoken in support of giving legal status to undocumented young people who came to the United States as children, and was part of the House GOP leadership that released principles earlier this year that would allow undocumented immigrants to gain legal status. 

The question in Richmond on Wednesday was who Cantor really is on immigration: The behind-the-scenes schemer for reform, or the man intent on killing it?

Outside the state house, primary challenger Brat railed against Cantor's supposed push for comprehensive immigration reform, telling reporters that "Cantor has been the number one cheerleader in Congress for amnesty." As proof, Brat cited a visit to the state house on Wednesday by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), a consistent critic of Cantor and other Republican leaders blocking a vote on immigration reform. 

Cantor's campaign put out fliers earlier this week touting his anti-"amnesty" stance, saying he stopped the "liberal plan" of President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) "to give illegal aliens a free ride."

Brat said those fliers masked Cantor's true views on immigration, and argued that Gutierrez's visit helped reinforce the message that Cantor wants -- that he's fighting reform. Brat said Cantor and Gutierrez were "in cahoots," although he later admitted he had no evidence that the two coordinated Gutierrez's appearance in Richmond.

"Congressman Gutierrez is here to set up a great deception that will allow Eric Cantor to claim he is opposed to amnesty, at the eleventh hour, just two weeks prior to the primary on June 10th," Brat said. 

Gutierrez dismissed the idea that he was coordinating with Cantor. He told reporters he was invited to Richmond by pro-immigration reform group CASA de Virginia, and didn't speak to Cantor about it. 

"No," Gutierrez told reporters with a laugh when asked if he and Cantor were in cahoots. "But I'd like to work with him on comprehensive immigration reform so I could be accused of that."

At Gutierrez's event, Cantor was certainly not painted as a proponent of immigration reform. Gutierrez was flanked by activists -- many undocumented, some in deportation proceedings -- holding signs reading, "Cantor: the one man blocking immigration reform," and "Eric Cantor: Give us a vote." A few were in tears discussing their immigration status. At one point, people took out their phones to call Cantor's office en masse and ask him to bring immigration reform for a vote. 

"People might think we're here because there's a primary next week," Gutierrez told the group. "Nothing could be be further from the truth. The primary is really irrelevant to us. We're here because the majority leader, Eric Cantor, controls the agenda of the Congress of the United States. And we have come here to say ... stop being an obstacle, stop being in the way."

House Republicans are likely to face increasing pressure after the White House announced Tuesday that it would not release a report on how to change deportation policy until the end of the summer, to give House Republicans time to move on immigration reform. 

Gutierrez said that the delay was "a mistake," but added that he thinks Obama is willing to make a major change if no legislation comes. He said it indicates the president still thinks there's a chance to get legislation. 

Whether there is a chance depends in part on Cantor and other House leaders. That means majority leader's immigration views are likely to stay in the spotlight, even after the primary. 

Ray Allen, a spokesman for Cantor's campaign, said Cantor "has been very consistent" with his views on immigration reform, opposing a large bill, but saying there are instances where the parties can find common ground. Allen said Gutierrez had a "legitimate beef" with Cantor because he opposed the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill. 

"Dave Brat, on the other hand, is just lying," Allen said.

- See more at: http://trendingnewsroom.com/readfeed/166679/qa/eric-cantor-attacked-from-all-sides-on-immigration#sthash.MiLMhkyg.dpuf

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House majority republican leader odipoyadu.. vaade immigration bill meda voting aaputhunnadu house lo.. so ippudu aa bill move chance undhi antunnaru.. kani Picha light Inko 15 days lo summer recess anukunta

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eric canton gadu main person opposing immigration billl....vaadu ippudu vodipoyadu.......In almost all websites...they are saying its because of the bill

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House majority republican leader odipoyadu.. vaade immigration bill meda voting aaputhunnadu house lo.. so ippudu aa bill move chance undhi antunnaru.. kani Picha light Inko 15 days lo summer recess anukunta

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Summer break for House baa.. summer holidays :D

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Big news -- earlier today FWD.us released the results of two national surveys regarding immigration reform, finding overwhelming support for passing immigration reform among registered voters.

For these surveys, we brought together 10 of the biggest GOP polling firms in the country. Their results found compelling data on registered voter and Hispanic voter attitudes around immigration reform.

The fact remains that an overwhelming majority of American voters support fixing our broken immigration system.

Read our new poll finding voters across the spectrum support immigration reform.

This is especially true for Hispanic registered voters, who think immigration reform will be good for the economy and will be very important in deciding their vote for Congress.

Hispanic voters remain the fastest growing electorate -- and they blame Republicans in Congress for the failure of immigration reform thus far.

Americans across party lines believe the pathway to citizenship outlined in the immigration reform proposal is not amnesty and the poll found 70% of voters nationwide support an immigration reform proposal that addresses a pathway to citizenship with requirements.

Read and share the findings from our latest surveys.

There is clearly a positive electoral environment for Republicans who support immigration reform, which we think is an opportunity for movement.

Thanks,
Joe Green
Founder and President, FWD.us

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a immigration reform bill Mexicans ki legal cheyadam kosam aa...leda GC la kosama..?

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Cantor's zeal – and Obama's – to flood the U.S. with cheap labor from Mexico and Central America, Brat argued throughout the campaign, would depress wages for people in the district that stretches northwest from the state capitol of Richmond.

The tactic worked far better than any political observers predicted. And now the White House's hope of congressional action on immigration this year is all but dead.

Obama told a group of nurses on Monday. Alvin Viting, a 31-year-old registered nurse, told the Associated Press that the president said there was a 50-50 chance that the House would take action on immigration in the next month.

But politicos in Washington were writing off any hope of that on Wednesday morning.

'I think that was probably true prior to last night,' one source who is close to the GOP leadership told MailOnline of Obama's prediction. 'And now I think that the odds of that happening are very, very low.'

Another said in an email that 'immigration reform was never very likely anyway, but this was probably the [final] nail in the coffin.'

 

Senate Democrats passed Obama's preferred immigration bill in June 2013 with the help of 14 more moderate Republicans, but it 'left a sour taste in the conservative wing's mouth,' he said.

'Now everyone gets to take a deep breath, knowing that the whole thing is dead in the House. Until Cantor lost, that was an open question.'

The Senate bill would give green cards – work permits – to illegal immigrants and start them on a lengthy 13-year path to citizenship. But that would only happen after the government deploys 20,000 additional border agents, mandates a system to prevent businesses from hiring unauthorized people and finishes a new 700-mile fence on the southern border.

Senate Democrats are still hoping against hope that the legislation could get a hearing in the House. They're painting Cantor as an opponent of immigration reform, not as one of its champions – which is the image that earned him a crushing double-digit defeat on Tuesday.

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer called Cantor the 'last major obstacle to immigration reform' on Wednesday, and warned on the Senate floor that the Republican party will lose control of the House if it doesn't come to heel.

That possibility is near zero, however: The GOP is set to gain seats in November, and possibly retake the Senate from Schumer and his fellow Democrat

 

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a immigration reform bill Mexicans ki legal cheyadam kosam aa...leda GC la kosama..?

illegal ey kaadhu.. reforming total immigration system.. andulo manaki GC lu kuda unnayi..

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