Newsmax -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has urged President Barack Obama to make a deal on immigration, especially amnesty reform for children of illegal immigrants.
But during an interview with CBS 6 in Virginia, Cantor warned Obama that his "my highway or the highway" approach to reform would not lead to legislation being passed during his tenure.
"I have told the president, there are some things we can work on together," said Cantor, who is facing a challenge from tea party candidate Dave Brat, an economics professor, in Tuesday’s GOP primary in Virginia.
Referring to a possible amnesty deal for millions of undocumented children, he added, "We can work on the border security bill together, we can work on something like the kids.
"So far, the president has just insisted that it’s all or nothing, [it is] my way or the highway. That’s not going to happen."
Brat, who teaches at Randolph-Macon College near Richmond, Virginia, has slammed Cantor’s immigration reform stance during the campaign.
"Eric Cantor is saying we should bring more folks into the country, increase the labor supply — and by doing so, lower wage rates for the working person," Brat said, according to Reuters. "His policies make no sense."[...]
Although Cantor has attacked the comprehensive immigration reform bill passed by the Senate last year, the Virginia Republican supported parts of the bill, such as proposals that kids would be allowed to stay in the United States and allowing companies to hire foreign workers.
Blog author's comments -- Obama breaks the law and ignores his Constitutional duty and all the Republican leadership looks for is to 'make a deal'. And Cantor's name has been mentioned as being the next Speaker of the House if the GOP House members decide to remove Boehner as the speaker which they should. But Cantor should not be the next speaker. House majority leader Eric Cantor showed how out of touch he is with the conservative base when he called on Barack Obama to make a deal on immigration. Dave Brat, who is challenging House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in Tuesday's primary, believes Cantor betrayed his district on amnesty and shares the blame for surge in illegal immigrant children flooding into the country.
I cannot believe that amnesty is not political suicide for any Republican seeking re-election. Even some people who have come here legally and are now citizens do not want this. But, enforcing the existing laws on the books is not the Obama way. He sees illegals as future Democratic Party voters. Obama is now funding attorneys to help illegal aliens avoid deportation. I assume John Boehner still wants to pass an amnesty bill in the House before the midterm elections. This would not be of any help to the GOP who should be trying to retain control of the House and possibly gain control of the Senate. I doubt that Boehner will complete the two years of his next term. I think he is ready to leave the mess he helped to create and retire.
