Vice President Joe Biden had a clear message for immigration advocates in a private meeting Thursday: We’re not giving Congress the “red card” on reform.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) pulled out the apt World Cup analogy this week, signaling that he believed the end of immigration reform’s chances was here. But the Obama administration has tried to hold out hope that House Republicans will move on an overhaul this year, even despite clear signals that prospects are essentially dead.
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Jim Wallis, the president and founder of the faith group Sojourners, said Biden told the group: The White House isn’t putting up a red card, and we are continuing until this passes.
“The takeaway from the vice president [was] immigration reform is not dead and those who say it is, they’re wrong. It’s just a matter of time,” Wallis said in an interview after the meeting. “The political calculus on this changes day by day, but the moral calculus has not.