Bilbray: White House playing games with immigration
Bilbray: White House playing games with immigration
By Molly K. Hooper
Posted: 06/13/09 10:59 PM [ET]
Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) accused the White House on Saturday of playing politics with immigration reform, after President Obama delayed meeting with congressional leaders to discuss the topic this upcoming week.
The longtime anti-illegal-immigration lawmaker questioned the administration’s motives in setting up a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress on comprehensive reform only to exclude key GOP members, on both sides of the dome, from the session that White House officials announced last Friday had to be rescheduled for the second time.
“Do you really want to get a consensus or are you just putting together people that you agree with for a political maneuver?â€