GOP Readies Immigration Measures

*What are the chances that the GOP congress will be able to find a viable middle ground among themselves? It would be good if they’d codify an intended end – when will they consider the border safe? There’s also the GOP immigration paradox: they want the border more secure, but don’t trust the President to secure it. A convenient, absurd paradigm. Also, of all of the pictures that the WSJ had to choose from, they pick a Border Patrol agent reaching to catch a fleeing migrant. It’s the prevailing image of immigration. VL

By Laura Meckler, Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—Republicans in Congress are preparing a variety of bills that would make substantial changes to the immigration system, suggesting that the embers of interest in addressing immigration law, once thought to be extinguished, remain alive.

GOP leaders in both the House and Senate had said President Barack Obama had “poisoned the well’’ when he acted without congressional approval last month to shelter some four million illegal immigrants from deportation.

While many Republicans say the top priority must be to undo Mr. Obama’s unilateral action, the new efforts to write and pass immigration legislation, coming as Republicans prepare to take full control of Congress, show that some lawmakers are eager to navigate their own proposals into law, as well.

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[Photo by House GOP Leader/Flickr]

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