Boehner: No immigration reform until Obama rebuilds trust - (1) Americans don't have 'doubts'--they KNOW penalties won't be enforced; (2) But even if enforced, all this 'path to' is STILL amnesty, which most Americans oppose; (3) Polls show most Hispanics favor bigger government, REGARDLESS of the GOP's stance on illegal in-migration; (4) 'Far right' = Media-Speak for opposing invasion.

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Boehner: No immigration reform until Obama rebuilds trust

Washington (AFP) - House Speaker John Boehner threw cold water on the prospects of near-term immigration reform, saying Thursday that Barack Obama must rebuild "trust" in his presidency before there is progress on the issue.

"I have never underestimated the difficulty in moving forward this year," the top Republican in Congress told reporters one week after unveiling a set of immigration reform principles aimed at legalizing the millions of people living in the shadows in the United States.

Boehner said he and many Republicans bristled at Obama's announcement in last month's State of the Union address that he will skirt Congress and wield his executive authority to move on some issues like economic disparity.

Obama's pledge to increase his use of executive powers was only "feeding more distrust" of the administration, and immigration reform will stall until that rift is healed, Boehner said.

"There is widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws, and it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes."

Boehner added that Americans and lawmakers alike "don't trust that the reform we're talking about will be implemented as it was intended to be."

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