WTF?

From the Washington Post:

House Republicans managed Friday to overcome deep divisions within the party and passed two measures to address the child-migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border. The bills would provide emergency funding to deal with the crisis, speed the deportations of most border-crossers and rescind President Obama’s authority to decide whether to deport certain illegal immigrants.

The measures are unlikely to become law, as the White House, most Democrats and immigration advocates strongly oppose the proposals. The votes amounted to a do-over and a crucial victory for a new GOP leadership team and provided rank-and-file Republicans with recorded proof that they attempted to address the border issue, after struggling Thursday to reach intraparty consensus.

Excuse me? A "crucial victory" for the new GOP leadership team? It seems to me that the House leadership would have been better off sending everyone home instead of passing a bill that demonstrates how much Republicans despise Hispanics. Even the very conservative Wall Street Journal Editorial Board couldn't believe it:

House Republicans may have scrambled enough on Friday to save themselves from a total meltdown. But this latest immigration debacle won't help the party's image, which is still recovering from the government shutdown debacle of 2011. A party whose preoccupation is deporting children is going to alienate many conservatives, never mind minority voters.

The GOP used to be a lot better at this game.