Schumer has publicly expressed chagrin about the measure, saying he supports the rights of same - sex couples but also doesn't want to see Republicans walk away from the overall bill over that amendment — something Democrats in the «Gang of Eight»
working on the immigration bill believe would happen.
The Senate has begun
work on an immigration bill and at the center of this new plan is a controversial requirement for all American workers to get identification cards.
Not exact matches
With the Senate voting
on a provisional
bill to fund the government for three more weeks, Sara Fagen, DDC Advocacy, and CNBC's John Harwood discuss the road ahead for getting a final spending
bill and
work on immigration.
A 2013 analysis of the Senate's
immigration reform
bill by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates its passage would have resulted in nine million more people entering the U.S.
work force in the next 20 years, with new immigrants participating at a higher rate,
on average, than other U.S. residents.
Schumer heads the Senate's
Immigration, Refugees and Border Security Committee and is spearheading work on a comprehensive immigr
Immigration, Refugees and Border Security Committee and is spearheading
work on a comprehensive
immigrationimmigration bill.
And if you're one of those people who lost their job, who stayed in
work but
on reduced hours, took a pay cut as household
bills rocketed, or - and I know a lot of people don't like to admit this - someone who finds themselves out of
work or
on lower wages because of low - skilled
immigration, life simply doesn't seem fair.
Rep. Mario Diaz - Balart, a Florida Republican
working on a House
immigration bill, spoke briefly in Spanish at the McMorris Rogers event and was heckled by one of the tea party protestors who had wandered over and yelled, «Learn English!»
Conservatives rebuffed
on immigration have sunk a
bill that combined stricter
work and job training requirements for food stamp recipients with a renewal of farm subsidies popular in Republican - leaning farm country.
Home Secretary Theresa May was dispatched
on to the airwaves in advance of the net migration figures to tell the nation that the forthcoming
immigration bill will include tough measures to seize the wages of people caught
working illegally in Britain.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D - N.J., co-chairman of the Problem Solver Caucus, says there is more
work to do
on a compromise
immigration bill, but he is optimistic it can get done.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D - Nevada, said last week he will make passing a comprehensive
immigration bill a priority once the Senate completes its
work on a Wall Street reform
bill.
In an exclusive interview Tuesday
on CNN's John King, USA, Gov. Jan Brewer, R - Arizona, said until the borders are secure, she has no interest in
working with President Obama
on passing a comprehensive federal
immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the country.