Marriott Directs Cash to Republicans for Rules He May Not Get

[Joanne98]

Source: Bloomberg

Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- By more than a 5-to-1 margin, campaign contributions from J.W. Marriott Jr. are flowing toward Republicans this year. For his generosity, the Marriott International Inc. chairman may find the party thwarting changes in immigration law his company wants.

Marriott and other companies including Intel Corp., Hilton Worldwide and Texas Instruments Inc. are seeking a boost in the number of legal immigrant workers they are allowed to hire.

Should November’s election give Republicans control of at least one chamber of Congress, though, some of the party’s leading lawmakers say their focus will be on border security, not the immigrant-worker changes the businesses are seeking.

“You have to secure the border before you do anything else,” said Representative Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican in line to become House Judiciary Committee chairman if his party wins the chamber.



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The Republicans are selling out their base already. lol