Pelosi to Boehner: Immigration Reform Must Be Comprehensive
With House Republicans set for their big meeting this afternoon to figure out the way forward on immigration, Nancy Pelosi sends a letter to John Boehner containing a warning: Dems view a path to citizenship as integral to reform.
The letter — while not all that surprising — is interesting, because it sheds a bit more light on the dilemma the Speaker faces as he seeks to determine whether the House Republican caucus can come together behind any species of immigration reform. Republicans are mulling whether to pass immigration reform through the House in pieces, but Pelosi warns that such an approach will be a nonstarter among Dems unless it is comprehensive.
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