[Menehune56]

My guess is that the real power brokers made three objectives crystal clear to Boehner, Reid, and Obama, to be accomplished by next year's November elections:
(1) employers will get out of the healthcare business;
(2) there will be increased H-1B visas for tech workers; and
(3) illegal immigration will continue.

[itsahoot]

(1) employers will get out of the healthcare business;
(2) there will be increased H-1B visas for tech workers; and
(3) illegal immigration will continue.

When you understand the true goals their behavior makes perfect sense. No one since Ike ever attempted to do anything about immigration. No one has insisted that current laws be enforced, and no one seems to care enough to ask why.