Senate to Vote on Immigration Reform Bill
By Jeralyn, Section Legislation
Posted on Thu Jun 27, 2013 at 12:31:09 PM EST
Tags: immigration reform (all tags)
Posted on Thu Jun 27, 2013 at 12:31:09 PM EST
Tags: immigration reform (all tags)
The Senate is expected to pass the immigration reform bill today. There will be a vote at 4:00 p.m.
(Added: the use of the word "illegal" to describe immigrants is not allowed here, it was a quote in a Reuters news article. (another version here.) I just noticed it and struck the word. Newer Reuters articles aren't using the word.In addition to providing a 13-year pathway to citizenship for
illegalimmigrants, the bipartisan bill would double to 40,000 the number of federal agents on the U.S.-Mexican border and help provide American businesses with needed low- and high-skilled workers.
The bill will then move to the House. Republicans in the House want their own bill. They oppose the path to citizenship in the Senate version.
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