republicans in congress think what king is doing is great. immigration is an issue that divides the republican party. elite forces are favorable toward immigration. there's a lot more support among republicans for comprehensive immigration reform than there ought to be given the fact that the republican base seems to be very hostile to it. i think forces are pushing the republican party in a modernizing direction on this. i think there's a real tension in the party that comes from two things. a lot of people in the party are skeptical of immigration in america and america becoming less white generally. also republicans who understand they have a problem with latinos they need to fix are realizing immigration alone won't fix it. they still have a problem in their economic agenda. part of the reason this actually makes republicans less inclined to cut a deal on immigration is they say, well, i can do this deal on immigration that will anger my base. it still won't win over latino voters. if we don't want to change the