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Cigar
04-24-2014, 10:38 AM
Breakups are rough — regrets, pain and bitter memories. As Republicans in the House block immigration reform time after time, American Latinos get the message: It's over, don't call me. Have a good life.

Incapable of producing even one GOP vote in favor of the Democrats' last-ditch gamble at forcing an open vote of the House, the message to Latinos is crystalline. Whatever goodwill the clutch of pro-immigration reform House Republicans won in the last year since the Senate passed its bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill has now evaporated.

What remains are the weekly flip-flops (http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/04/house-republicans-might-pass-immigration-bills-after-all-just-as-they-always-planned/360879/) by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the yelps of "amnesty" (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/eric-cantor-immigration-reform-call-obama) coming from a seemingly frightened Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the tiny fig leaf provided by Rep. Bob Goodlatte's (R-Va.) seven bills he's been talking about for a year and the shameful action to deport all Dreamers through the recently unanimous vote of the House Republican caucus's fantasy bill, the Enforce Act.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/204060-republicans-break-up-with-hispanics#ixzz2zonYICub