Vice President Joseph Biden, right, greets Miriam Mendez, one of several people with whom Biden discussed immigration reform, at Common Grounds Coffeehouse, in Denver on Tuesday.
DENVER – Vice President Joe Biden said Republicans should pass an immigration overhaul now that the party is ending its potentially divisive primary season in visit to Denver on Tuesday.
He noted the GOP, who refused to bring immigration to a vote in the House of Representatives, have suggested they may move a bill once their primaries ended.
“They’ve got their chance now,” Biden said of Republicans. “Most of the primaries are over.”
He also read approvingly from a statement issued by immigrant-rights groups that urged the White House to refrain from acting to limit deportations until the August recess. Immigrant advocates have previously hammered the administration for not taking executive action to cut down on the number of deportations.
