On Thursday of this week, top Democrats further drafted an outline of a proposed immigration bill. New additions to this framework bill include a new fraud resistant Social Security Card and a direct enhancement of border security. They offer an invitation for the Republican to join in and move forward on this bill.
Senator Harry Reid-D of Nevada, majority leader, said at a new conference on Thursday afternoon. “Our immigration system is broken. We’re offering this framework as an invitation to our Republican colleagues to work with us to solve this problem that has plagued our country for too long.”
Senator Reid, who is facing re-election, put this on the agenda last week. He caught many of his fellow senators off guard when He told a group of pro-immigration voters he intended to pursue this legislation. Reid seemed to be giving the immigration bill priority over the climate bill.
This angered many senators, including Senator Graham R-South Carolina who vowed to drop out of talks with democrats on the climate bill if they rushed an immigration bill through. Reid said it was” not logical to use immigration as an excuse to not help on the climate bill.” He exclaimed he needed the help of the other “40 Republicans” and was not directing his comments directly at Senator Graham.
Republicans are still skeptical an immigration reform would happen this year. The House Republican leader, John Boehner said “There is not a chance that immigration is going to move through Congress.”
Senator Schumer D-New York, disagreed. He said, “If I did not believe we could accomplish immigration reform, I would have never have chosen to accept the immigration subcommittee chairmanship.”
It will be a difficult task ahead but as Obama said, ‘We can no longer wait to fix our broken immigration system, which Democrats and Republicans agree doesn’t work.”
Senator Harry Reid-D of Nevada, majority leader, said at a new conference on Thursday afternoon. “Our immigration system is broken. We’re offering this framework as an invitation to our Republican colleagues to work with us to solve this problem that has plagued our country for too long.”
Senator Reid, who is facing re-election, put this on the agenda last week. He caught many of his fellow senators off guard when He told a group of pro-immigration voters he intended to pursue this legislation. Reid seemed to be giving the immigration bill priority over the climate bill.
This angered many senators, including Senator Graham R-South Carolina who vowed to drop out of talks with democrats on the climate bill if they rushed an immigration bill through. Reid said it was” not logical to use immigration as an excuse to not help on the climate bill.” He exclaimed he needed the help of the other “40 Republicans” and was not directing his comments directly at Senator Graham.
Republicans are still skeptical an immigration reform would happen this year. The House Republican leader, John Boehner said “There is not a chance that immigration is going to move through Congress.”
Senator Schumer D-New York, disagreed. He said, “If I did not believe we could accomplish immigration reform, I would have never have chosen to accept the immigration subcommittee chairmanship.”
It will be a difficult task ahead but as Obama said, ‘We can no longer wait to fix our broken immigration system, which Democrats and Republicans agree doesn’t work.”
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