Obama is currently focusing on CIR but repubs are resisting

USA Today, 10/24/13, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/24/obama-

immigration-bill-house-senate/3177617/, 10/25/13, Google, GH

WASHINGTON With the partial government shutdown in the past, President Obama renewed his call
Thursday for an immigration bill. "It's good for our economy, it's good for our national security,"
Obama said in remarks at the White House. "It's good for our people, and we should do it this year."
As Obama noted, a bipartisan coalition in the Senate approved an immigration bill earlier this year.
Members of the Republican-run House, meanwhile, object to a proposed pathway to citizens for
immigrants who are already in the United States illegally.



Obama wont be able to pass CIR- Repub opposition
Zeke Miller (correspondent for Time), 10/24/13, http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/24/obamas-
new-immigration-pivot-isnt-about-immigration/, 10/25/13, Google, GH

But privately, administration officials and congressional Democrats admit that they are unlikely to get
immigration reform through Congress any time soon. Minutes after Obama spoke, Brendan Buck, a
spokesman for Speaker John Boehner released a statement rejecting Obamas calls for a comprehensive
plan. The House will not consider any massive, Obamacare-style legislation that no one understands,
Buck wrote. Instead, the House is committed to a common sense, step-by-step approach that gives
Americans confidence that reform is done the right way. Obama has long approached the issue of
immigration cautiously, preferring to let congressional Democrats shoulder the burden of trying to push
legislation through Congressa fact that didnt go unnoticed by activists. Obama has deported illegal
immigrants at a faster rate than any other president, quickly approaching 2 million deportations in five
years in office. That careful path shifted in 2012 when Obama signed an executive order deferring action
for young illegal immigrants, known by advocates as DREAMers for the stymied legislation that would
grant them a path to citizenship. The poll-tested election-year action helped Obama capture over 70
percent of the national Hispanic vote last November, and quickly after the election Obama made
immigration reform a top priority. Earlier this year the conditions were ripe for a compromise.
Moderate Republicans, sensing that their party was rushing toward a demographic time bomb, were
ready to compromise. Now the situation is entirely different. Some Republican proponents, like Sen.
Marco Rubio, have gone quiet. The shutdown and debt limit battle has only emboldened the partys
conservative wing, who are less likely than ever before to embrace a part of the presidents agenda.


Obama is pushing CIR and will succeed- support of Repubs and Businesses
AP, 10/24/13, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-calls-on-congress-to-
pass-immigration-legislation-by-the-end-of-the-year/2013/10/24/2f3b4e58-3d0e-11e3-b0e7-
716179a2c2c7_story.html, 10/25/13, Google, GH

Still, White House officials say they believe that the partial government shutdown, rather than
poisoning the political atmosphere, may have created an opportunity for collaboration with
Republicans seeking to repair their image, which polls show took a hit during the prolonged fight over
financing the government and extending the nations borrowing limit. Moreover, Obama made a
point of underscoring support for an immigration bill from the members of the business community,
traditional Republican allies who criticized GOP tactics that led to the partial shutdown and to
brinkmanship over a potentially economy-jarring default on U.S. debt. The White House took notice
when Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, indicated on Wednesday that he was hopeful that immigration
legislation could be done before years end.