[sickoflibs]

RE :”The reasons for this are transparently political: citizens vote and people living in various nebulous noncitizen categories don’t. That way Republicans can hope they can get credit for a softer immigration stand without adding to a Hispanic voting bloc that is majority Democratic.
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Nevertheless, this Republican ploy is too clever by half. The political benefits of supporting even a 1986-style amnesty with path to citizenship are debatable at best. Will Republicans really improve their standing among Hispanic voters by offering something less than a path to citizenship, especially when the Democrats are willing to give more?”

I think it would be a clever ploy if we could be sure that Dems would reject it, but they seem to be catching on that they can help GOP pass a bill without citizenship and then blame the GOP.

[grania]

About that hispanic vote....think of how much of it the ‘pubs could get if Cruz is the presidential nominee. The fact that the ptb are trying to destroy Cruz politically is advertising how hypocrital they are.

[GeronL]

the gope is stupid, they will let Obama or a judge give mass citizenship