“Heading to Washington to spend Tuesday urging House Republicans to take up a broad immigration overhaul, the team of Utah business leaders buttonholed several members of their state\u2019s congressional delegation \u2014 Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, both Republicans, and Representatives Jim Matheson, a Democrat, and Chris Stewart, a Republican \u2014 as the lawmakers waited to board their flight Monday at the Salt Lake City airport,” the New York Times<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n “Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday there is a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives ready to pass a comprehensive immigration overhaul bill, but she may never get the chance to prove it if GOP Speaker John A. Boehner doesn\u2019t bring a vote in the Republican-lead House,” the Washington Times <\/a>writes.<\/p>\n “‘With 28 Republicans having publicly expressed support for a path to citizenship, we believe the votes are there on a bipartisan basis to pass a bill,’ she wrote on Facebook. ‘It\u2019s just a question whether Speaker Boehner can muster the will to schedule a vote.'”<\/p>\n “Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has shaped the view of Republican leaders on immigration reform, and his sway with grassroots conservatives will make passing comprehensive legislation significantly more difficult. Cruz scored a victory in the battle for the hearts and minds of his party over the weekend when Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) backed away from the Senate\u2019s overhaul of immigration laws,” The Hill reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n “GOP leaders, after President Obama\u2019s reelection last year, sounded more open to moving broad legislation on immigration, but their interest in doing so has waned as Cruz\u2019s power has grown.”<\/p>\n “Ten people \u2014 including a bishop, a nun and a pastor \u2014 were busted in Manhattan on Tuesday as they rallied for Congress to move on stalled [amnesty].\u00a0The activists, holding up signs with House Speaker John Boehner’s photo and the words ‘Speaker Boehner stop your family separation agenda’ blocked traffic on W. Houston St. near the immigration facility at 201 Varick St,” the NY Daily News<\/a> says.<\/p>\n “The 15 people arrested Tuesday at an immigration-reform rally in downtown Orlando are bonding out of jail Wednesday morning. Over half of the people arrested on charges of unlawful assembly have bonded out. The remaining arrestees are expected to be out of jail by noon today,” the Orlando Sentinel<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n Pelosi Says Votes are There for Amnesty<\/h3>\n
Sen. Cruz’s Opposition to Amnesty Moved Rubio<\/h3>\n
Arrests at NY, Florida Amnesty Protests<\/h3>\n