Immigration Politics: Lamar Smith avoids hard line on immigration

Another "vamos a ver," we'll see.

Lamar Smith avoids hard line on immigration - Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com: "If conservatives expected Republican Rep. Lamar Smith to champion the most controversial anti-immigration measures when he takes control of the House Judiciary Committee next month, they’re in for a surprise.

After weeks of speculation that he would pursue a scorched-earth immigration agenda, Smith detailed his to-do list for the first time in an interview with POLITICO — and it’s an early but important signal that the new House Republican majority plans to attack the issue of immigration through the prism of jobs, rather than red meat for the base." Dec. 23, 2010