Jon Stewart Calls GOP’s Immigration Shift ‘Craven Political Calculus’ | Talking Points Memo

Jon Stewart on Wednesday took a look at the Republican Party’s change of heart on immigration. During the GOP presidential primary, candidates made promises to build a massive fence to keep immigrants out. But this week, a bipartisan group of senators are proposing a path to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants.“Why the sudden change, Republicans?” Jon Stewart said. “Perhaps you looked into your hearts and realized that people who are willing to risk prison or worse just to do our least glamorous, most dangerous work deserve at least a basic level of humanity.”


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