DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Republicans are on the brink of an embarrassing showdown over immigration that Speaker Paul Ryan and his leadership team have been desperately trying to avoid. As lawmakers left Washington for the Memorial Day recess in late May, GOP centrists gave immigration hard-liners a choice: Allow a vote on a bill that includes a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers — or we’ll team with Democrats to force votes on bipartisan immigration legislation you hate. But most House Freedom Caucus members are spurning the offer. Several told POLITICO they see no reason to relent on the citizenship issue. A ‘special pathway,’ as they call it, would only betray their beliefs and their base — for a vote on a bill that has no chance of becoming law…The stalemate between the two wings of the conference all but assures a chaotic June for Ryan. Leadership hoped to stop moderates from garnering the 218 signatures for a so-called discharge petition needed to trigger the immigration vote on the House floor. But Democrats are poised to join hands with several dozen centrist Republicans to pass a bill codifying the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The bill would toughen border security only modestly, and it includes virtually no new restrictions on immigration; its passage would be a humiliating defeat for the GOP-controlled Congress.”
-Rachael Bade, “House Republicans careen toward immigration showdown,” Politico, June 4, 2018 5:03 am