Boehner: Immigration Reform Is ‘Difficult to Move’ When Obama Can’t Be Trusted

‘There’s widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws’

House Speaker John Boehner casts doubt on getting immigration reform done in 2014 (New York Daily News)

House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday it will be difficult to pass immigration legislation this year, dimming prospects for one of President Barack Obama’s top domestic priorities.

“Listen, there’s widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws. And it’s going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes,” Boehner told reporters at his weekly news conference.

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