After the budget fight this month, the House is already looking ahead to the agenda in January. And that includes immigration reform. House Republicans are divided on what that means, and what’s best for the party and the country. Some are looking to build support for last year’s Senate plan (or something similar) in which a path is provided for 12 million illegal aliens to apply for citizenship. “We’ve been getting a good percentage of our conference signing on,” said Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA). It remains to be seen whether the rift between establishment and Tea Party base stops immigration reform in its tracks, or if an election year is the time when that legislation can pass. Illegal immigration remains a problem, despite Obama’s best efforts to slow it with his bad economy.