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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Drafters are racing to complete the text of a comprehensive immigration
reform bill slated to be unveiled on Tuesday, with minor loose ends causing
some in the Senate’s Gang of Eight to urge a delay to presenting the
sweeping legislation.
But, with pressure growing after multiple missed deadlines for the
completion of the reform bill, sources within the group tell NBC News that
the proposal is still likely to be formally presented in a press conference
tomorrow.
The Senate Judiciary Committee was expected to hold its first hearing on the
legislation on Wednesday, but that has now been postponed to Friday. An
additional hearing will be held next Monday as well.
Senate Republicans and Democrats have yet to be briefed on the legislation
in their respective formal meetings. The bill includes the opportunity -- if
certain border security criteria have been met -- for qualified
undocumented immigrants to obtain probationary legal status for 10 years
before becoming eligible to apply for a visa.
Republicans are expected to meet tonight at 5:45 pm to review the plan
within their own conference. (Lead GOP negotiator Sen. Marco Rubio of
Florida was originally scheduled to brief his colleagues last week, but
lengthy discussion of pending gun legislation pushed the presentation off
the agenda.)At noon on Tuesday, Republicans also plan to sell the plan to
outside conservative interest groups. |
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