Clash on the Hill: Immigration and health care

This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows immigration reform supporters blocking a street on Capitol Hill in Washington. For many House conservatives, President Barack Obamaís decision to delay a central provision of his health care law has emerged as a major stumbling block _ not to health coverage, but to an immigration bill.  / AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File
This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows immigration reform supporters blocking a street on Capitol Hill in Washington. For many House conservatives, President Barack Obamaís decision to delay a central provision of his health care law has emerged as a major stumbling block _ not to health coverage, but to an immigration bill. / AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File

By The Associated Press

For many House conservatives, President Barack Obama’s decision to delay a central provision of his health care law has emerged as a major arguing point- not against that law but in opposition to immigration legislation

In the weeks since the announcement that employers won’t have to provide health insurance for another year, complaints have increased among House Republicans that they can’t trust the Obama administration to implement any law they pass. That includes strict requirements for immigrants, tighter border security and genuine workplace hiring enforcement.

That refrain is heard often from GOP lawmakers, most of who now are home for a five-week summer recess that’s expected to feature demonstrations around the country by advocates as well as opponents of a broad immigration overhaul. It’s one more daunting obstacle to House action after Senate passage in June of a sweeping bill to increase border security, remake rules for legal immigration and offer eventual citizenship to the estimated 11 million immigrants already in the U.S. illegally.

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