Trump allies warn: No compromise on immigration
Trump allies warn: No compromise on immigration
BY JONATHAN SWAN - 12/06/16 06:00 AM EST
Donald Trump’s right-wing allies are keeping him on a tight leash when it comes to his signature campaign issue of immigration.
Above anybody, they want Trump to pick Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state who has achieved national fame, and notoriety on the left, for his uncompromising stances on immigration.
Voices on the right who backed Trump are also expressing public worry about the amount of influence that Ryan, Vice President-elect Mike Pence and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus will wield on immigration in a Trump administration. All three men are seen as political allies, and Priebus is Trump’s pick for White House chief of staff.
Pundits Ann Coulter and Mickey Kaus are among those on the right pressuring Trump not to pick McCaul and to avoid giving too much influence to Pence, Priebus and Ryan.
Many of Trump’s top allies believe that the U.S. government needs to limit legal, as well as illegal, immigration, something they believe Kobach would work to do.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/308905-trump-allies-warn-no-compromise-on-immigration
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