House Speaker Boehner told fellow Republicans there was no “conspiracy” to move an immigration reform bill this summer, says Roll Call. He offered the reassurance during a caucus meeting. “Afterward, Boehner reiterated his support for an immigration overhaul, but he said it’s up to President Barack Obama to prove the administration will enforce immigration laws, a position echoed by other GOP lawmakers,” said Roll Call.
Hopes for action rose in the past few days. The New York Times said, “Republicans and Democrats, both publicly and privately, suggested that a narrow window for an immigration bill could open early in the summer — after most of the midterm Republican primaries — if Congress and President Obama build cooperative good will on smaller bills in the coming weeks.” The newspaper added, “But the window to strike a compromise, members of both parties say, is dwindling.”