 |
| Charles Grassley |
Senators have responded to the proposed immigration bill by filing 301 potential amendments, "including measures to grant Congress more authority over security along
the border with Mexico, to require illegal immigrants to provide DNA
samples before gaining legal status, and to reduce the number of
undocumented workers who would be eligible to pursue citizenship," report Ed O'Keefe and David Nakamura for
The Washington Post.
 |
| Patrick Leahy |
About two-thirds of the amendments were from Republicans, including 77 by Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, ranking GOP member on the Judiciary Committee, O'Keefe and Nakamura write. Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, submitted two amendments "that would allow
same-sex foreign spouses and partners of U.S. citizens to apply for
visas," though, Republicans have said they will not support any proposals that include gay rights. That appears to be the major obstacle to passage of a bipartisan immigration reform bill. (
Read more)
The bill
includes a new "blue card" program that would allow experienced farm and
agriculture workers who are in the country illegally the opportunity to
move closer to obtaining a green card and legal residency, more quickly than most other workers.
No comments:
Post a Comment