Regardless of truth of the article, it looks like immigration reform is going to continue to be delayed. The whole "$100,000 in welfare then blow people up" message is going to take a lot of positive to overcome. It is possible to lobby past the event, but there doesn't seem to be a group willing to do that.
They don't seem to have the muscle to overcome the crisis. Neither has done the advertising to locals to push through a bill. They are not putting the money into the local markets to really count as a push.