Republicans are facing backlash from IMMIGRATION hard-liners on and off Capitol Hill after repeatedly failing to attach conservative border policies to must-pass legislation.
Congress passed a sweeping foreign aid measure in April that lacked the border security demands many GOP House members insisted on for more than a year. Weeks earlier, members cleared a government funding measure that also largely excluded right-wing border demands.
“They’ve squandered opportunity after opportunity,” Ira Mehlman, media director for the conservative Federation for American Immigration Reform, said of Republicans. “They’ve made promises they haven’t kept.”
The outrage from conservative advocacy groups and some lawmakers highlights ...