“The Senate\u2019s pending immigration bill includes roughly 400 exemptions, exceptions, waivers, determinations and grants of discretion. The bill\u2019s complexity is forcing opponents and supporters to comb through its 844 pages before they can declare their conditional support or opposition to the high-stakes measure,” the Daily Caller writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The complexity has already sparked GOP objections from Sen. Jeff Sessions and other Republicans who say they should be given more time to study and then explain the bill\u2019s myriad complexities and loopholes to the public.”<\/p>\n “While the authors of the newly released Senate immigration bill touted its multibillion dollar investment in border security, critics are seizing on what they describe as a major loophole — giving the government “discretion” to choose when to enforce immigration laws,” says FoxNews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has long complained that the Obama administration has made their job harder by preventing agents from detaining and deporting select illegal immigrants. They had petitioned members of the so-called ‘Gang of Eight’ — the lawmakers writing the immigration bill — to address those concerns in the package.”<\/p>\n The AFL-CIO is calling for changes to the Senate\u2019s immigration bill, even as it also loudly endorses the bill\u2019s multi-staged legalization measure. ‘The United States urgently needs a roadmap to citizenship for more than 11 million aspiring Americans. \u2026 Our cause is unstoppable. There will be a roadmap to citizenship in 2013,’ said the Wednesday statement from AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. Trumka did, however, say the union has some objections to the bill, but did specify which sections he finds problematic,” the Daily Caller reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., may save the Republican Party in his push to pass the Gang of Eight bipartisan immigration package. “But I don\u2019t see how the GOP prevails in national elections if Latino voters think that the party is anti-Latino and immigration bills have been a metric by which Latinos have judged the GOP. I want minorities to feel welcome in my party. I\u2019d rather see Washington pass a Dream Act this year.”<\/p>\n “While an immigration overhaul has drawn support from church groups, business, labor and even former opponents, there’s still deep opposition \u2014 mostly centered in the Republican Party. The last time a president tried to pass a comprehensive immigration overhaul was in 2007, and George W. Bush’s fellow Republicans in Congress killed his bill. Republican strategist Kevin Madden says a lot has changed since then \u2014 including the way the Republican Party is dealing with its own internal divisions,” NPR says<\/a>. ICE Union Leader Says Bill Doesn’t Help Enforcement<\/h3>\n
AFL-CIO Unhappy With “Compromise” Bill<\/h3>\n
Debra J. Saunders – Why I Side With Rubio<\/h3>\n
\nLet me be brutally honest about my position on the bill. I\u2019ve opposed past efforts of this nature, because I fear that any amnesty bill \u2014 or ‘path to citizenship’ \u2013 will beget more amnesty bills. And that means that Washington is encouraging people to break the law,” says Debra J. Saunders<\/a>.<\/p>\nImmigration Issue a “Rubik’s Cube” for GOP?<\/h3>\n