I used to think that the Republican leadership was just spineless. I think really, they are on the same team as the Democrats. The Democrats dream of an expanded underclass of aliens who will eventualy get the vote. The Republicans dream of millions of foreigners on the payroll, who will depress wages. The Republicans must know that this influx of people will almost all vote Democrat. I think the Republican leaders see themsevles in charge of a minority party - they will offer to fine tune whatever the Democrats do (I almost said, what the Democrats make law, but our system isn’t governed by laws anymore).
See my tag line.