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Tony Gonzales, Chip Roy clash over mass deportation plans

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U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales , R- San Antonio , said indiscriminate deportations would be unfeasible and damaging to the GOP .

Gonzales' stance got pushback from the right wing of the party, including Rep. Chip Roy , a hardliner who has called for closing the country to legal immigration until undocumented immigrants are deported.

Trump is vowing mass deportations of undocumented immigrants as soon as he enters the White House .

Even with the Secure the Border Act passed, Roy and Gonzales continued to have frosty relations into the elections, with Gonzales denouncing Roy ’s far-right wing of the party as “scumbags” and Klansmen for voting against foreign aid for U.S. allies. Shortly afterward, Roy endorsed Gonzales ’ primary challenger, Brandon Herrera , whom Gonzales defeated in a primary runoff in May ..

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