‘Red line’: Republican fight brews over push to give illegal immigrants legal status
This affects the entire country.
Republicans are splintering over immigration as backlash against the fatal shootings of anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota has moderates pushing for a “pathway to legal status” for millions of illegal immigrants— and hard-liners drawing a bright red line against anything resembling amnesty.
Conservative elements within the party are up in arms over the suggestion that the incidents in Minnesota, which resulted from protesters intervening in immigration enforcement actions, should result in a relaxation of the nation’s immigration laws.
“No amnesty. No amnesty-lite. No ‘path to citizenship,'” Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) wrote on X Wednesday. “This is a red line. The left has weaponized mass migration for decades – transforming our country economically, culturally and politically. We absolutely cannot codify their lawlessness.”
The response came after high-profile moderate Republicans, including Reps. Mike Lawler of New York and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, floated two separate proposals calling for the modernization of America’s legal system and some sort of “legal protection” or “pathway to legal status” for illegal immigrants. Both also call for reassessing the tactics deployed by Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Lawler was quick to note that his plan is not a “pathway to citizenship under any circumstances for anyone who broke our laws by coming to the United States.”
“We need a legal path forward that allows individuals with U.S.-citizen children and grandchildren to come out of the shadows, pay back taxes and a fine, and contribute—without receiving government benefits,” said Lawler.
Fitzpatrick is teaming up with Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and asking Trump for a White House meeting to discuss a bipartisan compromise on immigration.
“Mr. President, you have had great success in securing our border,” Fitzpatrick and Suozzi wrote in a letter to Trump on Tuesday. “That success is now being overshadowed by the interior enforcement that has given rise to a growing rejection by the public.”
The idea of providing some sort of legal status for illegal immigrants is drawing support from some surprising corners of the right, not just its moderate-to-centrist faction.
“We need a national conversation about what we do with people who have come here, some of them 20 years ago, who have been obeying the law, paying taxes, good neighbors,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said during a Fox News appearance this week. “Very few Americans …
This affects the entire country.
Republicans are splintering over immigration as backlash against the fatal shootings of anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota has moderates pushing for a “pathway to legal status” for millions of illegal immigrants— and hard-liners drawing a bright red line against anything resembling amnesty.
Conservative elements within the party are up in arms over the suggestion that the incidents in Minnesota, which resulted from protesters intervening in immigration enforcement actions, should result in a relaxation of the nation’s immigration laws.
“No amnesty. No amnesty-lite. No ‘path to citizenship,'” Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) wrote on X Wednesday. “This is a red line. The left has weaponized mass migration for decades – transforming our country economically, culturally and politically. We absolutely cannot codify their lawlessness.”
The response came after high-profile moderate Republicans, including Reps. Mike Lawler of New York and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, floated two separate proposals calling for the modernization of America’s legal system and some sort of “legal protection” or “pathway to legal status” for illegal immigrants. Both also call for reassessing the tactics deployed by Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Lawler was quick to note that his plan is not a “pathway to citizenship under any circumstances for anyone who broke our laws by coming to the United States.”
“We need a legal path forward that allows individuals with U.S.-citizen children and grandchildren to come out of the shadows, pay back taxes and a fine, and contribute—without receiving government benefits,” said Lawler.
Fitzpatrick is teaming up with Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and asking Trump for a White House meeting to discuss a bipartisan compromise on immigration.
“Mr. President, you have had great success in securing our border,” Fitzpatrick and Suozzi wrote in a letter to Trump on Tuesday. “That success is now being overshadowed by the interior enforcement that has given rise to a growing rejection by the public.”
The idea of providing some sort of legal status for illegal immigrants is drawing support from some surprising corners of the right, not just its moderate-to-centrist faction.
“We need a national conversation about what we do with people who have come here, some of them 20 years ago, who have been obeying the law, paying taxes, good neighbors,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said during a Fox News appearance this week. “Very few Americans …
‘Red line’: Republican fight brews over push to give illegal immigrants legal status
This affects the entire country.
Republicans are splintering over immigration as backlash against the fatal shootings of anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota has moderates pushing for a “pathway to legal status” for millions of illegal immigrants— and hard-liners drawing a bright red line against anything resembling amnesty.
Conservative elements within the party are up in arms over the suggestion that the incidents in Minnesota, which resulted from protesters intervening in immigration enforcement actions, should result in a relaxation of the nation’s immigration laws.
“No amnesty. No amnesty-lite. No ‘path to citizenship,'” Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) wrote on X Wednesday. “This is a red line. The left has weaponized mass migration for decades – transforming our country economically, culturally and politically. We absolutely cannot codify their lawlessness.”
The response came after high-profile moderate Republicans, including Reps. Mike Lawler of New York and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, floated two separate proposals calling for the modernization of America’s legal system and some sort of “legal protection” or “pathway to legal status” for illegal immigrants. Both also call for reassessing the tactics deployed by Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Lawler was quick to note that his plan is not a “pathway to citizenship under any circumstances for anyone who broke our laws by coming to the United States.”
“We need a legal path forward that allows individuals with U.S.-citizen children and grandchildren to come out of the shadows, pay back taxes and a fine, and contribute—without receiving government benefits,” said Lawler.
Fitzpatrick is teaming up with Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and asking Trump for a White House meeting to discuss a bipartisan compromise on immigration.
“Mr. President, you have had great success in securing our border,” Fitzpatrick and Suozzi wrote in a letter to Trump on Tuesday. “That success is now being overshadowed by the interior enforcement that has given rise to a growing rejection by the public.”
The idea of providing some sort of legal status for illegal immigrants is drawing support from some surprising corners of the right, not just its moderate-to-centrist faction.
“We need a national conversation about what we do with people who have come here, some of them 20 years ago, who have been obeying the law, paying taxes, good neighbors,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said during a Fox News appearance this week. “Very few Americans …
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