Obama can’t be trusted on immigrations: House speaker

House of Representatives speaker Paul Ryan yesterday ruled out working with President Barack Obama on overhauling US immigration policy, saying it would be “a ridiculous notion” to pursue legislation because Obama cannot be trusted on the issue.

Republicans have fought Obama’s unilateral steps that bypassed a gridlocked Congress to try to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation.

Obama’s executive orders, announced last November but put on hold by the courts, would let up to 4.7 million illegal immigrants stay without threat of deportation. It was aimed mainly at helping 4.4 million people whose children are US citizens or legal permanent residents.