Bipartisan Group of Senators Agrees on Outline of Immigration Bill

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Source: NYT

A bipartisan group of senators has largely agreed on a broad immigration bill that would require tough border measures to be in place before illegal immigrants could take the first steps to become American citizens, according to several people familiar with drafts of the legislation.

But in a delicate compromise worked out over weeks of negotiations, the bill avoids any hard hurdles related to border enforcement that could eventually halt the progress of those immigrants on a pathway to citizenship.

Instead, the bill sets ambitious goals for the Department of Homeland Security to fortify the borders — including continuous surveillance of 100 percent of the United States border and 90 percent effectiveness of enforcement in several high-risk sectors — and other domestic enforcement measures over the next 10 years. It provides at least $3 billion to meet those goals.

The bill includes provisions or “triggers,” that allow Congress at different points to ensure that the enforcement goals are being met.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/us/politics/bipartisan-group-of-senators-agrees-on-outline-of-immigration-bill.html

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1. Naturally they're fortifying the US - Canada border... right?

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2. No tea party votes to be gained by fortifying the Canadian border, so - "No".

There is zero net migration from Mexico for the past few years, but the far-right stay focused on it anyway because ... well, let's just say they do not look like Canadians, for the most part.