Paul Ryan: Immigration a question of ‘when’

*I don’t know whether to feel optimistic about Rep. Ryan’s words, or  hold on to my cynicism. Leaders on the Democratic side say they have the votes to pass CIR today. Ryan says not. And we can’t dismiss the idea that talk of immigration reform from the GOP is just that, talk … and double talk at that: while one side says “not if but when,” another side rants about closing the border and treating the undocumented as an official sub-class. Meanwhile Ryan softens his rhetoric to sound acceptable to Latino voters.
Rep. Diaz-Balart is another angle altogether: trying to find a happy middle among the appeasing right and the extreme right wings of his party. VL

By Seung Min Kim, Politico

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) pressed the economic case for overhauling the nation’s immigration system on Wednesday, saying that reform is inevitable and necessary to boost growth in the United States.

Ryan’s fellow House Republicans have largely put the kibosh on moving forward with immigration reform this year, but some key GOP lawmakers are still lobbying their colleagues publicly and privately to tackle immigration. The 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee is among figures who have urged the GOP to embrace an overhaul.

“To me, it’s not a question of ‘if’ we fix our broken immigration laws,” Ryan said Wednesday at a breakfast hosted by the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. “It’s really a question of ‘when.’”

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