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<\/a>Vice presidental nominee Sen. Tim Kaine predicted that House Republicans, who stopped President Obama\u2019s last bid for legalization in 2013, will reverse themselves next year and said House Speaker Paul D. Ryan will lead the GOP to embrace legalization. (Associated Press)<\/p><\/div>\n
PHILADELPHIA \u2014 A new Clinton administration would pursue a bill to legalize illegal immigrants in \u201cthe first 100 days\u201d of her tenure, vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine told Spanish-language network Telemundo in an interview Monday, presenting a deep contrast with Republicans.<\/p>\n
Mr. Kaine also predicted that House Republicans, who stopped President Obama\u2019s last bid for legalization in 2013, will reverse themselves next year and said House Speaker Paul D. Ryan will lead the GOP to embrace legalization.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaul Ryan and the other leaders of his party are going to understand that if they want a future for their party they are going to have to work together to find a solution to this,\u201d Mr. Kaine told \u201cNoticias Telemundo,\u201d according to a transcript provided by the network.<\/p>\n
As Democrats kicked off their convention Monday, they repeatedly attacked GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump for being a \u201cbully,\u201d particularly toward illegal immigrants, and said he would ruin the American experience for immigrants if he gets into the White House.<\/p>\n
Latino voters are considered an important swing vote in this year\u2019s election, but polls have been wildly divergent in predicting how they\u2019ll break in November. Part of that could be lingering anger at President Obama, who set deportation records \u2014 even as he carved most illegal immigrants out of any danger of being kicked out.<\/p>\n