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House rejects hard-right immigration bill, baring GOP divide
WASHINGTON—The House killed a hard-right immigration bill Thursday and Republican leaders delayed a planned vote on a compromise GOP package with the party’s lawmakers fiercely divided over an issue that has long confounded them.
The conservative measure was defeated 231-193, with 41 Republicans — mostly moderates — joining Democrats in voting against it. Those defections — nearly 1 in 5 GOP lawmakers — underscored the party’s chasm over immigration and the election-year pressures Republicans face to stay true to districts that range from staunchly conservative to pro-immigrant.
Thursday’s vote set the stage for debate on the second bill, this one crafted by Republican leaders in hopes of finding an accord between the party’s sparring moderate and conservative wings.
They are delaying a vote on the compromise legislation until next week and are planning changes in hopes of salvaging the legislation.
GOP lawmakers leaving a two-hour closed-door meeting say leaders will add two provisions to the sweeping legislation to attract more backing.
One would require employers to use an online system to verify the citizenship of their employees, which could attract conservatives. The other would make it easier for employers to retain migrant workers, which could bolster support from Republicans from agricultural regions.
The overall bill would make it possible for young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally to become citizens, finance President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall and impose other security requirements.
The measure has seemed likely to fail, which would embarrass Trump.
As if the internal GOP turmoil was not enough, the party’s political exposure on the issue has been intensified by heartbreaking images of migrant children separated from families and complicated by opaque statements by Trump.
https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/wo...licates-house-gop-efforts-on-immigration.html
House rejects hard-right immigration bill, baring GOP divide
WASHINGTON—The House killed a hard-right immigration bill Thursday and Republican leaders delayed a planned vote on a compromise GOP package with the party’s lawmakers fiercely divided over an issue that has long confounded them.
The conservative measure was defeated 231-193, with 41 Republicans — mostly moderates — joining Democrats in voting against it. Those defections — nearly 1 in 5 GOP lawmakers — underscored the party’s chasm over immigration and the election-year pressures Republicans face to stay true to districts that range from staunchly conservative to pro-immigrant.
Thursday’s vote set the stage for debate on the second bill, this one crafted by Republican leaders in hopes of finding an accord between the party’s sparring moderate and conservative wings.
They are delaying a vote on the compromise legislation until next week and are planning changes in hopes of salvaging the legislation.
GOP lawmakers leaving a two-hour closed-door meeting say leaders will add two provisions to the sweeping legislation to attract more backing.
One would require employers to use an online system to verify the citizenship of their employees, which could attract conservatives. The other would make it easier for employers to retain migrant workers, which could bolster support from Republicans from agricultural regions.
The overall bill would make it possible for young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally to become citizens, finance President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall and impose other security requirements.
The measure has seemed likely to fail, which would embarrass Trump.
As if the internal GOP turmoil was not enough, the party’s political exposure on the issue has been intensified by heartbreaking images of migrant children separated from families and complicated by opaque statements by Trump.
https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/wo...licates-house-gop-efforts-on-immigration.html
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