Senate Immigration Bill Collects Votes to Advance
Source: New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/us/politics/senate-endorses-proposal-calling-for-extra-border-security-measures.html?emc=edit_na_20130624
BREAKING NEWS Monday, June 24, 2013 7:00 PM EDT
Senate Immigration Bill Collects Votes to Advance
The bipartisan push to overhaul the nations immigration laws took a major step forward Monday evening when the Senate endorsed a proposal to substantially bolster security along the nations southern borders as part of measure that would provide a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the country.
The 67-to-27 vote prevented any filibuster of the plan to devote roughly $30 billion to border enforcement measures, including nearly doubling the Border Patrol force to 40,000 agents from 21,000, and completing 700 miles of fencing. Opponents of the enhanced security questioned whether the steps would ever be taken and said that the legislation should require that the border be secure before undocumented immigrants could begin to seek legal status.
But the solid bipartisan support for the border security proposal crafted by two Republican senators, Bob Corker of Tennessee and John Hoeven of North Dakota, suggested that advocates of the overhaul had the votes needed to clear remaining procedural hurdles and pass the legislation, perhaps before legislators return home during the July 4 recess.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/us/politics/senate-endorses-proposal-calling-for-extra-border-security-measures.html?emc=edit_na_20130624
kimbutgar
(21,236 posts)taxpayer. How about a jobs program for young people? Rebuild some roads and bridges. A colossal waste of money. How sad and stupid.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)pampango
(24,692 posts)to do something (like passing immigration reform) to stop alienating Hispanics but the tea partiers are determined to prevent that from happening. The Orange Man must be squirming right now.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)It's another wage killer and waste of money on something that isn't a problem. I hope the baggers do kill it in the House.
If It doesn't include a pathway to citizenship for illegals why bother with It.
More illeglas have been deported under obama than Bush.Border security Isn't a high priority for me.For me reform means allowing
those who came illegal a pathway to citizenship.
I certinly don't support building a giant fence.That reminds me of the berlin wall.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)And I imagine that Rubio will vote against it at the last minute, too.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)he House will no doubt change it to add even more boarder security related stuff. Then they will have to come up with a compromise bill which will likely pass.