House Democrats to Introduce Immigration Reform Bill
Source: ABC
House Democrats, frustrated by the lack of action by House leadership and fearing all hope of a bi-partisan comprehensive immigration reform bill is lost, are expected to introduce an immigration bill of their own today.
House sources tell ABC News the Democratic bill will mirror the bipartisan legislation passed by the Senate in late June -- including both increased border security and a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Congressional aides who have seen the bill say much of it came from the months of work done by the "Gang of 7," before it broke apart in the House late last month, with influential Republicans abandoning the effort over disagreements on health care costs.
The new bill, which is expected to be introduced on the floor today, is purely a Democratic party effort designed, sources say, to put pressure on Republican leadership in the House who have refused to support a comprehensive bill in favor of a piecemeal series of laws, none of which so far includes the critical Pathway to Citizenship component so important to the Hispanic community.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-democrats-introduce-immigration-reform-bill/story?id=20440034
While House Republicans grandstand about how Democrats are refusing to compromise, most of the media ignores how House Republicans have been sitting on a bi-partisan immigration bill that was passed by the Senate.
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