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GOP still struggles to find immigration strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans can't figure out what to do about illegal immigration as the 2016 presidential campaign is starting to heat up and just three months before midterm elections.
After the GOP's 2012 presidential loss, it was the one problem the party declared it must resolve to win future presidential races.
Immigration managed to bedevil the party again last week when House Republicans struggled for a day over how to deal with recent border problems. House Republicans passed a face-saving bill late Friday night before leaving town for a break.
The fiasco proved anew that a small number of uncompromising conservatives have the power to hamper the efforts of GOP leaders to craft coherent positions on key issues — including one that nearly two-thirds of Americans say is an important to them personally, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released last week. ...