Several liberal-leaning groups are calling for House Republican leaders to remove Rep. Steve King from an immigration subcommittee, a response to the Iowa Republican’s recent comments that young illegal immigrants routinely smuggle drugs into the U.S. from Mexico.

The United Farm Workers, Dream Action Coalition, Credo, presente.org and others have organized online petitions to press House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., to strip King of his seat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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