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Early rift over immigration exposes House GOP’s tough path to consensus

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The bill, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) and co-sponsored by 58 Republicans, would empower the Homeland Security secretary — currently Alejandro Mayorkas — to unilaterally bar all undocumented migrants from entering the United States through any point of entry if the secretary deems it necessary to reestablish “operational control” of the border.

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The bill in its current form likely would never be considered by the Democratic-controlled Senate.

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Gonzales and Bacon also worry that taking up hard-line bills like Roy’s proposal could hurt House Republicans politically, especially in parts of the country where the party has made significant gains with Hispanic voters.
“If you want to lose the majority, this is how you do it,” Gonzales said.

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In a Sunday interview on Fox News, Scalise said the House plans to piece together “a package of bills to secure the border” to eventually send to the Senate...

Gonzales has put forth legislation with three other Texas Republicans — including Rep. Monica De La Cruz, who is the only other Republican who represents a border district in Texas — that would double funds allocated through a grant program to the southern border that helps bolster border patrol and law enforcement agencies.

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Since arriving to Congress last term, Salazar, who is Cuban American, has made it her singular mission to pass immigration reformSalazar said she plans on speaking to her Freedom Caucus colleagues about how helping many people “come out of the shadows to work with dignity” will only help bolster the U.S. economy, as it has done over decades.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...n-legislation/

tldr: Basically, the House GOP is starting to bring forth an immigration legislation to vote on and send to the Senate. It will most likely only contain border enforcement. Once the Senate receives this version, they will likely vote on their version of an immigration bill, which could be the Sinema-Tillis proposal. Plus we have Sen. Sinema going on the record saying they could add Dreamer legalization to the house version and send it to conference. Whether out of compassion or not (which is unimportant), we know legalization for the Dreamers is what could garner enough Dem support to overcome the filibuster.

We just need to get this conversation going and not have it eclipsed by other "flavor of the month" topics.