Why immigration hawks favor GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy for speaker, writes Mark Thies.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. epublicans narrowly won control of the House, and Kevin McCarthy is the odds-on favorite to become the next speaker.
Americans broadly want reforms along these very lines. Immigration was the third-most important issue for midterm voters, trailing only the economy and abortion, according to the AP Votecast exit poll. And among voters who said immigration was the most important issue, 88% favored the GOP — a clear indication that Republicans have an overwhelming advantage on immigration policy.
During the Obama era, then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor infamously joined Democrats in supporting the"Gang of Eight" bill that would have awarded amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Cantor's stance was so toxic that he lost his next primary to an upstart, underfunded challenger who made the betrayal the focal point of his campaign.
Fortunately, it seems that Kevin McCarthy has no intention of imitating his predecessors' mistakes. He has already promised not to trade an amnesty for token border-security measures, explaining that you've got to"fix the border to start out before you can deal with immigration."
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