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Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) could be facing a civil war within his party over immigration policy after conservative members of the GOP conference took issue with his call for “comprehensive" reform.

Boehner on Friday wouldn’t offer any additional details on how he would accomplish such a massive policy change.

“I’m not going to get into any of the details of how you would get there — it’s just time to get the job done," he told reporters at a press conference at the Capitol.

Boehner told ABC News on Thursday that the issue of immigration reform “has been around far too long … a comprehensive approach is long overdue.”

He added that "I’m confident that the president, myself, others can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all."

But several conservative lawmakers took issue with the Speaker's words.

On Friday morning, Louisiana Rep. John Fleming (R) issued a statement urging Boehner to “talk with House Republicans before making pledges on the national news.”

Fleming said “I’m concerned that Speaker Boehner is getting ahead of House Republicans when he commits to getting a ‘comprehensive approach’ to immigration taken care of ‘once and for all.’ There’s been zero discussion of this issue within the conference.”

And Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), one of the most conservative members of the GOP conference, slammed Republicans for considering citizenship for illegal immigrants.

"Obama voters chose dependency over Liberty. Now establishment R's want citizenship for illegals. You can't beat Santa Claus with amnesty," he tweeted on Friday.

But Boehner denied to The Hill that members of his conference had discussed their concerns with him, noting that he did not make any “pledges” of policy prescriptions in the ABC interview.

Boehner said that he was “not talking about a 3,000 page bill,” but “talking about a step by step common sense approach to secure our borders allow us to enforce the laws and fix a broken immigration system.”

Immigration reform has been a controversial issue within the Republican Party. The conservative wing of the GOP has made clear they believe any type of policy that allows illegals to remain in the country to be "amnesty," which they object to.

Other Republicans offered their support to the Speaker.

"I agree with the calls for comprehensive immigration reform," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) tweeted on Friday.

And conservative commentator Sean Hannity said Thursday night he has "evolved" on the issue.

"There is a fundamental shift going on. We've got to look at some of these demographics. You've got to look at what young voters are saying. The Hispanic vote went 70 percent Democrat," he said.

President Obama overwhelmingly won Hispanic voters in Tuesday's election, which helped return him to the White House.

It will be very difficult for Boehner to move much of his conference on immigration. In 2010, the Democratic-controlled House passed a scaled back immigration bill titled the DREAM Act, 216-198. One-hundred sixty Republicans voted against it while only eight GOP lawmakers voted for it. Of those eight, only two still serve in the House: Florida Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
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I don't think this is staying the same at all. Look at how there are disagreements among the current GOP members in the House now about this.

This disagreement can and very much likely lead to a civil war between the current Tea Party members vs. the long tried and true GOP members much like Boehner and McCain.

There is already a rift caused from just the immigration issue alone, imagine when they start discussing the economy and social issues. If there was a perfect time for moderate GOPs to take back their party, this would be it.
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Can someone give me a crash course on the differences between Tea Party and a "true" republican?
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Can someone give me a crash course on the differences between Tea Party and a "true" republican?
They are just labels to me with different views.
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Can someone give me a crash course on the differences between Tea Party and a "true" republican?
Extreme vs. little less extreme.
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Massive forced deportation vs self deportation.
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Republicans just shot themselves on the foot, they are going to loose the only group that supports them (white middle-aged men). They should be smart enough to know that hispanics are still going to vote democrat, be there a immigration reformed passed or not.
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Republicans just shot themselves on the foot, they are going to loose the only group that supports them (white middle-aged men). They should be smart enough to know that hispanics are still going to vote democrat, be there a immigration reformed passed or not.
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Republicans just shot themselves on the foot, they are going to loose the only group that supports them (white middle-aged men). They should be smart enough to know that hispanics are still going to vote democrat, be there a immigration reformed passed or not.
What the republicans need are new ideas. They need open minded candidates that deal with today's issues and not those of the 1950's. Times have changed and for some of them too soon and unexpectedly. What they need to do is get up to date and stop being so extreme on a lot of issues.
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