Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus continued to stress the urgency of passing legislation to reform the nationa’s immigration system, telling CNN in an interview Friday that there is “pretty broad consensus” in the GOP to getting something down on that front.
“We need comprehensive immigration reform,” Priebus said. “I don’t think we can continue to drift along with this mess of immigration laws that we have. And a mess that in many regards has been the results of our government not even enforcing the laws that are in place. There is plenty of blame to go around for why we are in this position, but I think it’s about time that we address it.”
Priebus said he expects Republicans in the House of Represenative to apply their own changes to the measure that easily passed the Senate on Thursday, but insisted that his party is eager to help with the reform effort.
“I know the leadership in the House is committed to putting something pretty comprehensive together that’s going to address the issue,” Priebus said.
