Immigrant advocates, specifically the pro-immigrant group America’s Voice, are dubbing the 112th Congress the “Lamar Smith era,” fearing the worst from the new chair of the House Judiciary Committee. With subcommittee chair Steve King, they’re being called the “deportation duo.”

America’s Voice says Smith will seek the “mass deportation of 11 million undocumented workers and their family members,” and that the GOP “should be very worried about the dawn of the Lamar Smith era.” “In contrast to President Ronald Reagan’s approach to immigration – infused with his ‘Morning in America’ optimism – the Smith and King approach is dark, pessimistic, short-sighted, and against our best American traditions.”

Read more about Smith in Gary Martin’s Sunday story about the San Antonio Republican, and more here about America’s Voice worries about the Lamar Smith era.