Gov. Snyder to fellow Republicans: ‘Let’s embrace immigration’


  • BY PHILIP RUCKER
  • February 21 at 11:46 am


File: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder acknowledges applause as he is introduced before delivering his State of the State address. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Comprehensive immigration reform is going nowhere on Capitol Hill, but Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Friday he is "not backing down an inch" in his push to overhaul the nation's immigration laws.

"I'm a Republican and I'm happy to help lead the charge to say, 'Let's embrace immigration,'" Snyder, who is visiting Washington for a National Governor's Association meeting, said in an interview Friday morning with The Washington Post's Dan Balz, Karen Tumulty and Philip Rucker.

Snyder, who is running for reelection this year in a state President Obama won twice, described himself as "probably among the most pro-immigration governors in the country." Snyder noted that he announced in his "State of the State" address this year he was creating by executive order a state Office for New Americans, which he said would be a "clearinghouse to embrace immigrants."

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