Immigration Gambit Backfires With Fresh Risks for GOP Moderates
- Denham, Curbelo among Republicans drawing fire from both sides
- Trump knocks vulnerable Republicans for ‘wasting their time’
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The collapse of an immigration gambit engineered by moderate Republicans in the House has exposed them to attacks from the right and the left just as they’re facing already tough re-election bids that could tip the balance of power in Washington.
About two dozen House Republicans, led by Florida’s Carlos Curbelo and California’s Jeff Denham, attempted an end-run around their party leaders last month by teaming up with Democrats to force votes on immigration legislation that would, among other things, create a path to citizenship for undocumented youths brought to the U.S. illegally as children.