Paul Ryan, departing ingloriously from Congress in six months, has capitulated to Donald Trump and House right-wingers at the expense of the “Dreamer” immigrants who were brought to the U.S. at a young age.
Ryan, R-Wisc., blocked a bipartisan bill that would have given the Dreamers protection from deportation and given them a pathway to citizenship. The measure also would have provided money for more sensible border security than the expensive and inefficient Trump wall.
The bill, sponsored by Will Hurd, R-Texas, whose district covers 800 miles along the Mexican border, and Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., easily would have won a majority in the House.