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The bipartisan immigration reform bill being crafted in the Senate hit a late-game snag on Friday, in a delay that may prevent the “Gang of Eight” from finishing its proposal before the Senate leaves for a two-week Easter recess.
Lately, proponents of immigration reform have been optimistic about the progress of bipartisan bills in both the Senate and House of Representatives. But many pitfalls still remain, and the sooner an immigration reform bill emerges from Congress, the greater its chances of eventually passing.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which must review the bipartisan immigration reform bill being crafted by the “Gang of Eight,” said on Wednesday that a mid-April deadline the senators had hoped to meet will pass without a compromise.
Undocumented immigrants will need to wait a decade to get a green card, but could be eligible for citizenship three years after that, if a comprehensive immigration reform deal proposed by the Senate’s bipartisan “Gang of Eight” is passed.
A deal on reforming immigration laws in a way that would provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in the nation is close to being completed.
Robert Menendez, on of the “Gang of Eight” senators working on a bipartisan immigration reform bill, said the group hopes to have all the disagreements worked out soon.
The bipartisan group of senators called the Gang of Eight has agreed on a deal to offer a path to citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country.
The bipartisan group of senators working on crafting a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would offer a path to citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country is working behind closed doors to meet a self-imposed end-of-the-month deadline.
President Obama received praise from two lead Republicans Tuesday after a highly anticipated meeting to talk about pending legislation to fix the nation's immigration laws, but was slammed by Republicans after his administration decided to release hundreds of undocumented immigrants due to pending sequester cuts.
As Congress deals with the looming sequester, there are already some red flags popping up in terms of problems that Congress could be dealing with regarding passing a bill that would reform the nation's immigration laws.
In the wake of all the recent moves designed to bring changes to the nation's immigration laws, President Obama and an old political rival, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will meet next week to discuss the work on immigration overhaul.
Despite the leak of part of his immigration proposal in the press earlier this week, President Obama remains confident that the news of the bill drafted by the White House won't hurt the ongoing negotiations in Congress geared towards reforming the immigration system.
In one of his most anticipated speeches-the first State of the Union address since the November election-President Obama Tuesday emphasized once again the need for comprehensive immigration reform to pass in order to bolster the U.S. economy.
As the debate on immigration reform continues, immigration agents now want to be part of President Obama's reform talks while opponents of so-called "amnesty" are ready to take their case to court.
It looks as if U.S. representatives in the Republican Party--long opposed to providing a pathway to immigration for undocumented Republicans--may be ready to reconsider their position, which bodes well for pending immigration reform proposals on Capitol Hill.
