Immigration battle brewing in the GOP

Republicans are barreling toward a fight over immigration policy that could expose deep divisions in the party.

A renewed push by GOP Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.) and David Perdue (Ga.) to crack down on legal immigration is threatening to pit President Trump, who endorsed their legislation, against GOP senators who want broader reforms.

Meanwhile, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the No. 2 Senate Republican, is working on a border security bill that is expected to include some immigration components. That legislation is expected to unveiled on Thursday.

Asked if his legislation could be wrapped in with border security, Perdue said he wants the bill to move as a stand-alone.

“What we’ve done in the past with these immigration issues is we keep adding on and adding on and adding on. I think this one stands on its own merit,” he said.

Republican lawmakers have shown little appetite for another big debate on immigration.

But once Trump makes a decision on the 750,000 immigrants who are protected from deportation by President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, they might not be able to avoid one.

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...ing-in-the-gop

This is POTUS opportunity to reaffirm he has great heart ❤️ (heart emoji)

So many immigration related bills. There is gotta be big reform on the horizon.

I think it's almost comical that the GOP says they can't pass CIR or even a smaller bill to help immigrants because it's a complicated issue and borders need to be secured, blah blah blah, but for laws that make it harder to emigrate, they can have a big press conference and it's the leading headline in every news channel. At least it's good to know that this one won't go anywhere either.