Immigration Hawks Prepare for Tuesday Showdown on House Border Bill

Immigration hawks are preparing for a final closed-door showdown Tuesday morning over the House Republican border crisis package produced by Texas Representative Kay Granger’s working group before the legislation is unveiled for the public. The latest critique circulating among opponents of the package is that Rebecca Tallent, a former staffer to Senator John McCain (R. Ariz.) who currently works for House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), has played a significant role in drafting the Granger proposal. “[Tallent] is writing the House plan for Kay Granger,” a well-placed congressional source. “She more than almost anyone has her fingerprints on President Obama’s immigration plans and is very close with the amnesty community, with the White House, with Democratic offices.” A GOP leadership aide rejected the suggestion that the Granger group’s proposal is a liberal brainchild...more