House GOP Not In Agreement.
“House Republicans’ attempt to bring a border security bill to the floor as early as this week was thwarted after backlash from more moderate Republicans, delaying not only a pledge Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made to a handful of lawmakers but also the fulfillment of a key campaign promise to a Republican base eager for tougher immigration laws.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) and co-sponsored by 58 Republicans, would empower the Homeland Security secretary — currently Alejandro Mayorkas — to unilaterally bar all undocumented migrants from entering the United States through any point of entry if the secretary deems it necessary to reestablish “operational control” of the border. If immigration agencies cannot, for any reason, process undocumented migrants according to legal procedures, a similar response by the secretary would be required. If the secretary does not follow through, the bill would provide state attorneys general the authority to sue the federal government.”
The slimmest of margins will be a huge test for the leader of the GOP, Speaker McCarthy as he tries to gel a coherent agenda to present to the American people. The GOP looks to their former nemesis, Speaker Pelosi, for a rule book in miraculously getting so many people with so many different constituencies to actually agree on anything let alone legislation that is often absurdly messy. The direction of the county could depend on how well the GOP can actually agree on anything.
