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In Trump-less GOP Debate, immigration emerges as substantive issue

Republican presidential candidates (R-L) Ohio Governor John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) participate in the Fox News - Google GOP Debate.
Republican presidential candidates (R-L) Ohio Governor John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) participate in the Fox News - Google GOP Debate.
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In Trump-less GOP Debate, immigration emerges as substantive issue

Last night's Republican debate didn't include Trump, but it did have the longest exchange about immigration policy.

Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Jeb Bush confronted each other over shifting positions and political exploitation. Even without the outspoken real estate mogul on stage, there was no love lost between the other frontrunners as Senators Rubio and Cruz went after each other’s conservative ideals and backgrounds on a number of levels.

Who emerged victorious from last night’s GOP debate? What did we learn about the other candidates in their first debate without Donald Trump?

Guests:

Luis Alvarado, Republican political consultant and analyst for CNN Español and Telemundo; he’s a former campaign staffer for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and was the Los Angeles Regional Chairman for the 2008 McCain/Palin presidential campaign; he tweets

Susan Del Percio, a New York-based Republican strategist and founder of Susan Del Percio Strategies, a full service strategic communications firm, she tweets