Gordon's  Praetorian Guard

The End Time has Started for Phil Gordon

PHOENIX (By Jon Garrido, The Jon Garrido News Network) March 15, 2010 — The article will be published when Gordon returns from Qatar..

Monday's article will have numerous parts.

One part will be entitled: Phil Gordon misspoke saying Congress has failed.....to tackle comprehensive immigration reform.  

Because today's Hispanic News headline article (Obama Risks Alienating Hispanics with Lack of Immigration Reform) from the Washington Post clearly disputes Phil Gordon's assertion the lack of immigration reform is because Congress is dragging its feet — this draft component is published today.

It is not the U.S. Congress but President Obama.

Apparently Gordon does not have a clue how Washington works blaming Congress for the failure of immigration reform.

Or rather, Gordon could care less if immigration reform is not approved.

Congress pushing hard to advance immigration reform

On December 15, 2009, tired of pleading with Obama to push immigration reform, US Representative Luis Gutierrez, 4th Congressional District of Illinois, Democratic Party, submitted the House plan for Immigration Reform. In a room filled with supporters and shouts of “Si, Se Puede,” Congressman Gutierrez held the press conference to introduce the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR ASAP). The House immigration reform bill — which at last count had 89 original co-sponsors including the Congressional Hispanic, Black, Progressive, and Asian Pacific American Caucuses.

According to my sources, Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has repeatedly told the President the priority was health care reform but 30 days ago, Emanuel strongly recommended jobs become the priority after heath care so immigration will have to wait until the jobs picture vastly improves.

On the Senate side, on March 4, Obama In an effort to advance a immigration bill through Congress before midterm elections, the president met with two senators who have spent months trying to craft legislation.

Despite steep odds, the White House has discussed prospects for reviving a major overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, a commitment President Obama has postponed twice already.

Obama took up the issue privately with his staff Monday in a bid to advance a bill through Congress before lawmakers become too distracted by approaching midterm elections.

In the session, Obama and members of his Domestic Policy Council outlined ways to resuscitate the effort in a White House meeting with two senators — Democrat Charles E. Schumer of New York and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — who have spent months trying to craft a bill.

According to a person familiar with the meeting, the White House asked Schumer and Graham to at least produce a blueprint that could be turned into legislative language.

Participants in the White House gathering also pointed to an immigration rally set for March 21 in Washington as a way to spotlight the issue and build needed momentum.

Immigration is a delicate issue for the White House. After promising to revamp in his first year of office what many see as a fractured system, Obama risks angering a growing, politically potent Hispanic constituency if he defers the goal until 2011.

But with the healthcare debate still unresolved, The White House is wary of plunging into another polarizing issue.

Republicans are unlikely to cooperate. On Capitol Hill, Republicans said partisan tensions had only gotten worse since Obama signaled this week he would push forward with a healthcare bill, whether he could get GOP votes or not.

My guess, immigration reform will not happen this year or next. It will become a major issue in the 2012 presidential election.

Too hot to handle in 2012, if Obama wins in 2012, immigration reform will finally happen in 2013. If a Republican wins in 2012, immigration will not happen for another 8 years.

Jon Garrido