Ryan's immigration shift leaves both sides uncomfortable
Roy Beck, president of Numbers USA, which advocates for tougher immigration laws, said this week that Ryan's overall record on immigration-related bills "is a rogue's list of pro-amnesty [positions]."
"If you want somebody who's pro-amnesty and pro-immigration, he's in the top 10 percent of Republicans," Beck said in a phone interview Tuesday, noting Ryan's past support for George W. Bush's immigration overhaul, measures to legalize illegal-immigrant farm workers and others allowing illegal immigrant students to receive in-state tuition benefits.
Beck was quick to highlight Ryan's 2010 vote against the DREAM Act, as well as Ryan's website message vowing "not [to] support amnesty for the millions of illegal immigrants already living in the United States."
"As bad as he's been in the past, he's been improving," Beck said.
"We have reason to hope that he has no passion for the bad immigration actions he has taken in the past," Beck wrote over the weekend, "and would not be committed to advocating for them if elected vice president this fall."
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/campaign-issues/immigration/243913-ryans-record-on-immigration-its-complicated