This prominent conservative says immigration reform isn’t necessarily dead

Published June 11, 2014 2:39am ET



Tuesday might have been a bad night for immigration reform — but not necessarily.

That’s the message from Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform. He favors the kind of immigration reform — including a large guest worker program and more legal immigration — that many Tea Party activists vehemently oppose, and he said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s shocking loss to underdog primary challenger Dave Brat might be a hard blow for House action on the issue.

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