Never mind.

I guess immigration wasn't a crisis after all.

WASHINGTON - In a defeat for President Bush, Republican congressional leaders said Tuesday that broad immigration legislation is all but doomed for the year, a victim of election-year concerns in the House and conservatives' implacable opposition to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.

Update: It appears the House Republicans are going to take their bigotry show on the road. They will not get legislation passed, but that doesn't mean they still can't use the issue to generate racist voter turnout. (And that block votes solidly Republican.)

In a move that could bury President Bush's high-profile effort to overhaul immigration law until after the midterm elections, House GOP leaders yesterday announced a series of field hearings during the August recess, pushing off final negotiations on a bill until fall at the earliest.