Confronting a crisis on the Texas-Mexico border and a Congress that he said won’t work with him, President Obama this afternoon announced he will pursue reform to the nation’s immigration laws with executive action.
In passionate remarks from the Rose Garden, Obama left the door open to work with skeptical House Republicans on an immigration bill, possibly after mid-term elections, but said that until then he will act on his own.
Obama said that last week, House Speaker John Boehner told him that Republican lawmakers would block a vote on immigration reforms for the remainder of this year. Republicans have “proven again and again that they’re unwilling to stand up to the tea party in order to do what’s best for the country,” Obama said.
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