The GOP Won’t Pass Immigration Reform – And It Could Prove Disastrous

Roll Call reports that only 19 House Republicans have openly expressed support for their leadership’s initiative, and only two others have even entertained the possibility.
The GOP Won’t Pass Immigration Reform – And It Could Prove Disastrous
By Susie Madrak — March 3, 2014

Via Moyers & Company:

Dog whistle politics have served Republicans well. But with shifting demographics, they may become an albatross around the party’s neck. No issue reflects that dynamic as clearly as immigration reform. Failure to address a broken system has alienated key constituencies since George W. Bush’s abortive attempt to pass the McCain-Kennedy bill back in 2005.

And it continues to do so today.

In January, Republican leaders in the House unveiled a long-anticipated set of principles for immigration reform, finely tailored to gain the support of a skeptical GOP caucus.

They require a major increase in...

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