{"id":18280,"date":"2013-06-28T14:04:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T18:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=18280"},"modified":"2013-07-01T12:24:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T16:24:07","slug":"passed-in-senate-gangs-immigration-reform-will-die-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/18280\/passed-in-senate-gangs-immigration-reform-will-die-in-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Passed in Senate, Gang&#8217;s Immigration Reform Will Die in the House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the bipartisan back-slapping subsides, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/06\/28\/us\/politics\/immigration-bill-clears-final-hurdle-to-senate-approval.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">Senators who passed the Gang of Eight\u2019s immigration reform bill<\/a> yesterday know one thing for sure \u2013 the House Republicans will ignore it.<\/p>\n<p>In place of the \u2018comprehensive\u2019 scheme favored by the Senate, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/352255\/comprehensive-rejection-jonathan-strong\/page\/0\/1\" target=\"_blank\">House GOP is already making progress<\/a> in passing piecemeal legislation that tackles specific immigration issues.<\/p>\n<p>And, unlike the backroom deals used by the Senate Gang and its supporters, the House process is using an open and transparent committee process, reports National Review.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last week, [House Immigration Committee Chairman Bob] Goodlatte approved two bills out of committee, an interior enforcement bill and an agricultural guest-worker program. This week, he is moving one bill to expand E-Verify nationwide and to reform the high-skill-visa system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Breaking up a big issue like immigration reform into its constituent parts is the clearest and best way to solve problems. Focusing on specific policies and programs allows Members of Congress \u2013 and, just as importantly, the American public \u2013 to get their head around the main goal and the means to achieve it.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to the House GOP for treating the American people, and immigration reform, with the attention and respect they deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the bipartisan back-slapping subsides, the Senators who passed the Gang of Eight\u2019s immigration reform bill yesterday know one thing for sure \u2013 the House Republicans will ignore it. In place of the \u2018comprehensive\u2019 scheme favored by the Senate, the House GOP is already making progress in passing piecemeal legislation that tackles specific immigration issues. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4100,3949,981,1447,1784,38],"class_list":["post-18280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-gang-of-eight","tag-house","tag-immigration","tag-reform","tag-republican","tag-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18280"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18286,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18280\/revisions\/18286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}