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CBO: Senate immigration bill would cut deficits by $200 billion over decade
Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post
“The immigration bill under consideration in the Senate would reduce federal deficits by nearly $200 billion over the next decade, and continue generating savings in the years beyond, even after millions of new citizens became eligible for health-care and welfare benefits, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday.”
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Immigration Prospects Brighter for Young DREAMers
Joanna Anderson, Roll Call
“Young backers of a sweeping immigration overhaul brought a palpable optimism with them to Washington on Tuesday.”
Becerra sees House immigration deal within two weeks
Mike Lillis, The Hill
“Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) predicted Tuesday that the House group negotiating comprehensive immigration reform will have a deal by next week.”
Lopsided Senate vote moves immigration bill forward as Obama urges action
Associated Press, June 11, 2013
Obama says ‘moment is now’ for immigration legislation as Senate begins work on bill
“…the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the “moment is now” to give 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally a chance at citizenship.”
Intense Debate in Senate Over Immigration Bill
David Nakamura and Rosalind Helderman, Washington Post
“As the full Senate engages in intensive deliberations over a landmark immigration bill this week, proponents are scrambling to maintain crucial bipartisan support in the face of Republican demands to strengthen border security.”
Harry Reid blasts John Cornyn ‘poison pill’
Burgess Everett, Politico
“A proposed Republican amendment to the Senate Gang of Eight’s immigration bill is a “poison pill” and the legislation is unlikely to go through any “big changes,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday.
The amendment to the bill from Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) would require significantly higher thresholds of border control before the bill’s “trigger” kicks in allowing undocumented immigrants to move toward citizenship. The effort has been praised by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a key Gang of Eight member, as a provision that “will get this bill where it needs to be.””
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Ayotte to back immigration overhaul
Associated Press, June 9, 2013
“Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Sunday said she would support the bipartisan immigration overhaul under debate in the Senate and criticized ‘‘the broken immigration system we have now’’ as ‘‘unworthy of a great nation.’’”
House Vote Opens Immigration Divide
Lisa Mascaro and Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times
“The partisan divide over immigration was exposed Thursday as House Republicans voted to stop funding the Obama administration program that has halted deportation of young immigrants who are in high school or college or have served in the military.”
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