Washington Week: Focus on Immigration Reform, Boston Bombing Aftermath
April 21, 2013
This week, U.S. lawmakers will weigh in on a bipartisan proposal to overhaul America’s oft-criticized immigration system and resolve the status of an estimated 11 million people who entered the country illegally or overstayed visas. The bill’s unveiling late last week was overshadowed by fast-moving events surrounding the Boston bombing.
With the eyes of the nation fixed on Boston, major legislative developments took a back seat last week. A push to reform America’s gun laws hit a roadblock in the Senate, and Democratic and Republican senators - the so-called Gang of Eight - presented a long-awaited immigration reform proposal.
Republican Marco Rubio said, "First and foremost, it is about modernizing our legal immigration system. It is about helping to attract the world’s best and brightest talent, and to keep the world’s best and brightest talent."
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, says the status quo is unacceptable. "The dysfunction of the system affects all of us. Now is our time to fix it," he said.
The bill sets forth a long and arduous path for the undocumented to attain U.S. citizenship. That provision amounts to amnesty that will attract more illegal border-crossers, according to critics such as Republican Congressman Lou Barletta.
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