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Immigration advocates take part in a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. John Moore, Getty Images

This post originally appeared on Slate.

Twice people referenced this scene as I called around looking for the latest on immigration reform.It was not dead yet, various people suggested, even though House Speaker John Boehner just announced that progress was stalled because Republican members didn't trust the president. If that was the hurdle, it was the equivalent of idling the hearse, because trust is not likely to bloom afresh in the bosom of House Republicans in an election year on this volatile topic.

But immigration reform backers were not taking this dark view.White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Boehner's remarks were merely a sign that the process will take time. Sen. Chuck Schumer was not discouraged either. "I think Boehner has tried,"said Simon Rosenberg, president of the New Democrat Network, and a longtime advocate of immigration reform. "We are as close as we've ever been. I haven't given up."

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