Representative Raul Labrador (R., Idaho), formerly a member of the House immigration gang, vigorously pushed back today on the idea that it would help Republicans politically if they passed a bill on immigration reform, even if the bill wasn?t perfect.
?If?we don?t do?it right politically, it?s going?to be?the?death?of?the Republican party,? Labrador said in an interview with Meet the Press.
?If we do it right, I?think it?s?going to be good for us,? he continued, ?but if?we don?t do it right, what?s?going to happen is that we?re going?to lose our base because we?re?still going to have a large?number?of?illegal immigrants?coming into?the?United States,?and?the Hispanic community is?not going to listen to us?because they?re going to always?listen to at this point to the?people that are offering more,?that are offering a faster?pathway to citizenship, all?those things.?so I?think we lose on both?groupds if we don?t do it right.?
Speaking about the Senate?s immigration bill, Labrador expressed concern. ?They put the?legalization of 11 million?people ahead of security,? he said bluntly.
He also said that the current process to enforce a secure border in the Senate bill didn?t satisfy him.
?If?you give to this?administration the authority to?decide when they?re going to?enforce the law, how they?re?going to enforce the law, and?you tell them that it?s okay if?they decide if there?s going to?be ? 20,000 border?patrol agents or they get to?determine when the border is?secure, I?can tell you that [Department of Homeland Security secretary]?Janet Napolitano has already?said that the border is secure.??
?So what?s going to happen is that?we?re going to give legalization?to 11 million?people,? he added, ?and Janet Napolitano?s going come to Congress?and tell us that the border is?already secure and nothing else?needs to happen.?
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