Florida Republican Mario Diaz-Balart, an advocate of comprehensive immigration reform, said House Republican leaders told him “they have no intention to bring this bill to the floor this year,” said Roll Call. Diaz-Balart had drafted a reform bill. It was the latest setback for reform, stalled for a year in the GOP-controlled House. The outlook has been increasingly bleak for the past two weeks.
The American Farm Bureau Federation said reform is a priority for U.S. farmers. “We still need House leadership to move forward on immigration reform…Not doing so will only deepen the labor crisis faced by America’s farmers and ranchers,” said AFBF president Bob Stallman in a statement.