Supporters and opponents of immigration reform cranked up the pressure on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, says Roll Call, “with less than two weeks to go before a closely watched primary race and the clock steadily ticking down on the 113th Congress.” Illinois Rep Luis Gutierrez, a Democrat, traveled to Richmond, Va, part of Cantor’s district, to urge him to schedule a vote on the legislation. David Brat, who is running against Cantor in the GOP primary on June 10, said Cantor was “the No. 1 cheerleader in Congress for amnesty.”
Meanwhile, Politico said rising numbers of teenagers and younger boys and girls are crossing the border into the United States unaccompanied by their parents. Some 66,000 are estimated this year, quadruple the total two years ago. “As Congress dithers over immigration reform, the children of Central America aren’t waiting,” says the story.