House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said Tuesday he is negotiating with a key GOP holdout in hopes of drafting an immigration bill that can help unlock the ongoing floor impasse.
Jordan (R-Ohio) said he is speaking with Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who is leading a block of hard-line conservatives who are upset GOP leaders have not yet called up a vote on a tough immigration and border crackdown.
The talks, Jordan said, have included potentially using a bill cracking down on so-called sanctuary cities that has already advanced out of the Judiciary Committee as a base, then adding elements of the much broader billRoy is pushing.
“I think that’s just…
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