Alabama Republicans Divided Over Hispanics on Immigration
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As U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions becomes the lead critic of a bill that would let undocumented immigrants win citizenship, the Republican Party in his home state of Alabama is pushing in the opposite direction.
Bill Armistead, party chairman, supports immigration changes to appeal to Hispanic voters. Sessions has opposed a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally, doesn’t want more guest workers and has called for months of hearings to comb through “every aspect” of changes.