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Former Sen. Mitt Romney was mocked in his 2012 presidential run for promoting the idea that illegal immigrants could be encouraged to self-deport.
The House passed the SAVE Act on noncitizen voting on Thursday, but it still needs to pass the Senate before President Donald Trump can sign it into law.
Sen. Tim Scott supports Sen. John Cornyn for re-election, while country star John Rich supports Ken Paxton and calls Cornyn "the Lindsey Graham of Texas"
Ryan Routh, the suspected would-be Trump assassin, faces Florida state charges of attempted murder and terrorism for his alleged plot to kill the president at his golf course.