Most congressional Republicans have been tugged into Mr. Trump’s thrall on border security, if they were not there already, with little outward complaint. At the party’s retreat in Philadelphia last month, lawmakers appeared primed to pay for a $12 billion to $15 billion border wall, although some estimates place the price tag billions higher. Though Mr. Ryan has said he supports the same immigration policies as the White House, he has often sounded more inclusive than Mr. Trump. Confronted at a recent town-hall-style event on CNN by an undocumented immigrant protected from deportation under President Obama, Mr. Ryan sought to reassure her. A wall border to border doesn’t make any sense.”The area has hosted other Republican visitors lately, including Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas, in separate trips, and a group of House Democrats.

Source: New York Times February 23, 2017 02:04 UTC