Steve King warns against ‘amnesty’ vote in House

Cantor is working on legislation known as the “Kids Act” that would
provide a path to citizenship to some illegal immigrants who were
brought to the U.S. as children.

{mosads}King was rebuked by GOP leaders last month when he alleged that for every exceptional child of an illegal immigrant in the U.S., there were 100 with “calves the size of cantaloupes” hauling marijuana across the border.

“I strongly disagree with his characterization of the children of immigrants and find the comments inexcusable,” Cantor said at the time.

Boehner also castigated King’s remarks, calling them “disgraceful.”

King told The Hill he was never contacted directly by either Boehner or Cantor about what he said, and he has stood by the remarks as based on his own travels on the border.