Despite\u00a0 the optimism of Senate passage of S.744 in June, 2013, as of early September 2013, time seems to be running out for House action and passage of comprehensive immigration reform this year.\u00a0 Since June, the House has refused to take up and S.744 has insisted that it will draft its own immigration reform measures and pass it provided a majority Republicans alone support it.\u00a0 This “go slow” approach embraces House conservative and Tea party concerns that any comprehensive immigration bill contain even tougher enforcement provisions than those in the Senate bill, and removes eligibility for those in the U.S. without status to become permanent residents – a prerequisite for U.S. citizenship.\u00a0 With that as a strategy, other events will now foreseeably gobble House time and focus.\u00a0 The issue of U.S. military action in Syria, the looming debt ceiling, and the fiscal year 2014 budget may consume the House’s focus until (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite\u00a0 the optimism of Senate passage of S.744 in June, 2013, as of early September 2013, time seems to be running out for House action and passage of comprehensive immigration reform this year.\u00a0 Since June, the House has refused to…<\/span><\/p>\n