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Kochs Don't Care About Immigration-They Want EPA Neutered-Support For Green Energy Killed &
* Today it emerged that the Koch-founded Americans for Prosperity opposes staging a shutdown around deportations Francis Wilkinson gets at what this is really about:
The Koch brothers — and the political money machine that they supervise — are not eager to see their investment in the Republican majority squandered on a government shutdown over immigration. The Kochs seem pretty pragmatic. They want the Environmental Protection Agency neutered, support for green energy killed, and carbon emissions running wild and free. But immigration? They don’t seem to object: Illegal immigrants buy carpet and heat their homes, too.
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-11-19/obamas-risky-course-on-immigration