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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Renzo Downey

This Texas House GOP nominee once urged Republicans to soften their immigration rhetoric. He’s changed his tune.

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In 2012, Houston-area restaurateur Brad Bailey traveled to Tampa for the Republican National Convention to convince delegates to support a legal pathway for foreign labor — and to soften the immigration rhetoric.

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