The house bill was passed last december. That was before the open border people got organized. I believe that a large number of house members that voted for the house bill, can't wait to vote against it.
If the house were firmly behind Hastert on illegal immigration he would not need to hold hearings to increase support for the house bill.
They are going to pass something very close to the Senate bill. It will not take much longer to get it done.
Once it is done Illegal Immigration will drop off the news cycle to disappear into the no longer covered stories bin?
Don't believe me?
I have just two words for you:
My guess is that internal polling has shown a backlash by legal Hispanics over the rhetoric coming out of the Tancredo wing. The GOP cannot afford to completely lose another minority group to the dems.
With North Korea and Iraq in the news, the focus has shifted to national security, which tends to make all other issues pale in comparison.
I'm beginning to believe that the voters--who have never put illegal immigration in the top five issues of concern to them--wouldn't even notice if the whole discussion about immigration just faded away.
Not at all. The hearings keeps the issue in the public eye, and is aimed squarely at democrat house seats up for re-election in border states. That the debates bother senate open border republicans is a side issue.