Immigration divide could split Republican Establishment and grassroots (ya think??)

washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 2/24/15 | David M. Drucker

[cotton1706]

Republicans supportive of broad changes to immigration law are trying to build a political fence between their party’s presidential candidates and the anti-amnesty position popular with many in the conservative grassroots.

Mitt Romney’s abysmal 27 percent performance with Hispanic voters in 2012, which many attribute to his hardline opposition to so-called immigration reform during the GOP primary, still lingers with Republican establishment insiders two and a half years later. They’re working to prevent a repeat of that performance, which they believe contributed to Romney's loss to President Obama.

Republicans who advocate changes to immigration policy that would include a pathway to legalization for the estimated 11 million or 12 million illegal immigrants currently living in the United States are working ahead of the 2016 general election to encourage GOP primary candidates to tamp down inflammatory rhetoric and support policies they deem constructive and politically sensible.

“The fundamental reason people should want to do immigration reform is that it’s hugely important for our economy,” said Jeremy Robbins, executive director of Partnership for a New American Economy. “But another reason to support immigration reform is the political imperative.”

[Uncle Miltie]

Could = Has.

[Uncle Miltie]

There is the Pro-Law-Breaking faction and the Pro-Law-Following faction.

[stephenjohnbanker]

F the Establishment Republicans and F 2016. We are in 2015!

[Uncle Miltie]

The Pro-Law-Breaking faction wants your pay to go down.

They want more labor supply, which drives down labor prices (wages.)

You pay. Down. That’s what the GOPe wants. Screw You.

[Arm_Bears]

Capitulation on immigration by the GOP-e will effectively kill the Republican Party.

It’s that important.

[MHGinTN]

“Immigration divide could split Republican Establishment and grassroots’ ... Um, that is the plan the oligarchs are currently putting in place. The more chaos the greater the chance for the oligarchs’ selections to be our only choices.

[Will88]

There is another, and likely far more accurate view of how immigration is affecting the US:

The spread of vibrant social diversity is constricting the GOP’s ability to champion conservative causes, such as smaller government and independent families, President Barack Obama said in a softball media interview.

Obama “Hopeful” Immigration Will Drown Conservatism

It's hard to believe that Rinos and the GOPe could be such complete fools as their words and actions concerning immigration and amnesty would indicate, but the evidence is overwhelming,

[central_va]

It’s interesting that since states rights died the Federal government politics are so different from the state level I could see a resurgent republican party at the state level and a death of it at the National level. State legislators do not have to take a stand on the illegal invasion as it is a Federal “problem”. Where this leads I have no clue, CWII?