The group has promised that before there is a pathway to anything, U.S. “We need to find a reasonable way to thread the needle.” “It is a tightrope to bring in the workers that are necessary but not at the expense of American workers,” Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, one of the eight, said in an interview. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO labor organization on how that would work has become a problem. The group envisions a commission that would help control the future flow of low-skilled guest workers into the United States in a way that satisfies businesses’ need for employees as well as unions’ desires to protect their members and U.S. There are also plenty of challenges ahead. Considering the battles in line ahead of immigration - on deficit reduction and gun violence - that schedule could be optimistic. The goal is a Senate bill sometime next month, with a Senate vote by June or July. He is just reflecting concerns in his own party.” We all agree you need to get a green card before getting citizenship. Senate aides said they were not worried about what one called “semantics. I made that clear” to the others, Rubio said. “To become a citizen, you first have to get a green card. “We want to be generous and we want to be fair, but we also have to be fair to the people trying to do it legally,” Rubio said. “There is no such thing as a path toward citizenship,” Rubio said in an interview. If so, that would reflect the influence of Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, one of the group’s members. In an effort to improve the plan’s chances with Republicans, the path to citizenship may wind up being called a road to a green card - the permit issued by the government that allows foreigners to work in the United States and ultimately apply for citizenship. The issue has gained new urgency for both parties after strong Hispanic support for President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats in last year’s election. citizenship - perhaps under a different formulation - for 11 million illegal immigrants. The centerpiece, they say, will be a 10- to 15-year path to U.S. The group is not only holding together after four months of intense discussions - an accomplishment in itself in Washington’s brutally partisan atmosphere - it is down to the last sticking points, according to the senators and aides.
The so-called Gang of Eight - four Democrats and four Republicans - is completing a plan for the biggest overhaul of immigration laws since 1986.
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland March 14, 2013.
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