Conservative super PAC threatens to unseat Republicans over immigration bill

Source: Reuters

April 24, 2026 6:04 AM EDT Updated 11 hours ago


April 24 (Reuters) - House Republicans are facing a fresh challenge in the 2026 midterms: the Homeland Political Action Committee, a new conservative super PAC targeting Republican members of Congress who support immigration reform legislation. The group's initial ​goal is to unseat Republicans who support the bipartisan DIGNIDAD Act, a comprehensive immigration reform bill authored by Florida Republican Representative María Elvira Salazar, according to the ‌PAC's founder Ryan Girdusky.

He said the bill is a betrayal of the president and the party's values. And while he’d like to target every Republican who supports it, that strategy isn’t feasible with the party’s razor-thin majority in the House. "We're not here to burn the party down," he said. "It's to challenge pro-amnesty Republicans in safe Republican seats and to defend Republicans in challenging seats or in swing districts that need support."

The DIGNIDAD Act, which has ​19 Republican co-sponsors, would allow immigrants without legal status to stay, work and live in the country unless they have a criminal record. It does impose an annual fine ​on people here illegally and does not provide a pathway to citizenship. The bill also provides the Department of Homeland Security with billions in ⁠funding for securing the border with advanced technology.

Girdusky founded the 1776 Project PAC, which has raised more than $5 million largely from small donors since early 2025 to back conservative local school board candidates ​across the country, according to federal filings.

He hosts a political podcast called “It’s a Numbers Game with Ryan Girdusky.” In 2024, he was banned from CNN for telling Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan “I hope ​your beeper doesn’t go off,” a reference to fatal Israeli attacks on Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon in 2024 that Girdusky calls a joke.

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