GOP presidential field turning against pathway to citizenship

At the beginning of the year, it seemed possible that there might not be a single 2016 Republican presidential candidate who didn’t back some pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. At the rate we’re going now, there might not be a single Republican candidate in favor of one by Iowa.

I’m exaggerating, of course. Jeb Bush has signaled his earned legalization program for illegal immigrants doesn’t have to be a pathway to citizenship, necessarily, but his overall position on immigration has been pretty stable. Lindsey Graham has supported this approach to immigration reform for over a decade.