From NumbersUSA.
Commenter Lot says:
Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield is the favorite to become the next House speaker. He is an amnesty advocate. This is important, because right now, today, the majority in the House, 60+ votes in the Senate, and the President all support amnesty. The only reason that it didnt pass is the Hastert Rule that says the Speaker does not bring to vote bills that dont have a majority of Republicans in support, even if it has the support of the majority of the whole House.
It isnt a hard and fast rule though.
Importantly, however, [Boehner] DID NOT do this with amnesty.
I.e., Boehner kept the Schumer-Rubio amnesty bottled up in the House by not calling it up for a vote, where it likely would have passed.
Jason Chaffetz of Utah, who beat an amnesty supporter in a Republican primary (Chris Cannon), is running against McCarthy.
McCarthy is quite near the single worst House Republican on immigration. In fact, he scores worse than many California Democrat congressmen.
As weve seen with Merkels Boner, eternal vigilance is the price of keeping your country. One bigshot can make one seemingly technical change and set off a flash mob Camp of the Saints. Or set you on a drip drip drip erosion. Or both.