House Republican leaders on Sunday showed no signs that their party would accept the Senate’s bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, instead suggesting that they want to address the issues one by one.
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Asked whether the Republican stance on immigration could pose a political risk, Ryan responded: “We want to get it right and do what’s right for national security and economic security. And our motivation is not what’s good for us politically, because if we just think like that, we’re not going to do this the right way.”
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"If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here." - Barack Obama, June 7, 2013