In a win for the rule of law, the amnesty push in the House of Representatives—for the moment, at least—has been stopped in its tracks. But a new front in the battle for meaningful border security measures is about to emerge.
After cutting a few side deals to stop the final two Republicans from adding their names to the amnesty discharge petition, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has crafted an alternative route. He will bring two bills to the floor: Rep. Bob Goodlatte's bill, which provides work permits to the 700,000 DACA recipients in exchange for border security measures, and a Ryan-drafted “consensus” proposal designed to please a broader swath of the Republican conference, including its moderates. The latter proposal includes a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 3.6 million so-called “Dreamers.”
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