CHILDREN/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Republican leaders on Thursday [6-21-18] delayed a vote on a broad immigration bill that would provide a path to citizenship for young, unauthorized immigrants while keeping migrant families together at the border. The measure had appeared destined to fail as Republicans remained at odds over immigration. The bill, a compromise between moderate and conservative Republicans, had been set for a vote early Thursday evening, but the vote will now take place on Friday [6-22-18], according to a Republican aide. The House rejected a hard-line immigration bill in a vote on Thursday afternoon, as had been expected. The compromise bill is facing trouble with conservatives, who would be taking a political risk by supporting a bill that has been derided as offering ‘amnesty’ to young undocumented immigrants. With its chances appearing dim, Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin declined to speculate on the House’s next move. Republicans in the Senate are backing narrow legislation to ensure that children are not taken from their parents at the border.”
-Thomas Kaplan and Nicholas Fandos, “House Leaders Delay Vote on Legislation to Protect Young Immigrants,” The New York Times online, June 21, 2018