The Los Angeles Times said that on Thursday, plans to put the $659 million emergency stopgap plan to address the overflow of 57,000 undocumented children has been thwarted reportedly by Senator Ted Cruz, who is said to have been working behind the scenes to stir enough conservative opposition to block it. GOP leaders in the House had to cancel Thursday's vote due to the lack of votes needed to put the plan through.
Republican and House Speaker John Boehner said in a press conference on Tuesday that the swap made for the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was a violation on the US government's stance on negotiating with terrorists and that the move has endangered Americans.
A recent poll by Politico revealed that an overwhelming majority of Hispanic and white voters who participated in the survey will vote for an election candidate on the basis of his or her stance on immigration system change.
Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appeared to be in a deadlock on how to operate the House select committee that would investigate the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, Politico reported.
