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In meeting, Democrats say path to citizenship is a must
Congressional Democrats are drawing a firm line in the immigration debate:
No reform without a path to citizenship.
The four Democratic members of the Senate Gang of Eight pressed that point
to their House counterparts in a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning, and
attendees made it clear that without a pathway to citizenship, immigration
reform won’t happen.
“Who among us wants to be a second-class citizen?” Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.
J.) said, according to an aide in the room. All four Senate Democrats –
Menendez, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Chuck Schumer of New York, and Michael
Bennet of Colorado — took turns giving their own presentations.
(PHOTOS: Pols react to immigration deal)
Schumer, the leader of the Senate Gang of Eight, laid out what he sees as
five potential options for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on immigration: do
nothing; pass piecemeal legislation, pass a comprehensive bill similar to
the Senate’s that doesn’t include a pathway to citizenship, pass a
comprehensive bill with a pathway to citizenship, or pass the Senate bill
itself. That last option has been ruled out repeatedly by House Republican
leadership.
Schumer, appearing more fired up than usual, told reporters afterward that
if House Republicans head into bicameral conference negotiations with
legislation that doesn’t include a pathway to citizenship, it will be a “
path to a cul-de-sac to no immigration bill.”
“Look, I don’t want to get emotional about this, [but] America has stood
for citizenship,” Schumer said. “We have a Statue of Liberty here. It
never has said ‘you come here and you’ll be second class.’ We will not
stand for it.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/democrats-immigration-bil
Congressional Democrats are drawing a firm line in the immigration debate:
No reform without a path to citizenship.
The four Democratic members of the Senate Gang of Eight pressed that point
to their House counterparts in a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning, and
attendees made it clear that without a pathway to citizenship, immigration
reform won’t happen.
“Who among us wants to be a second-class citizen?” Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.
J.) said, according to an aide in the room. All four Senate Democrats –
Menendez, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Chuck Schumer of New York, and Michael
Bennet of Colorado — took turns giving their own presentations.
(PHOTOS: Pols react to immigration deal)
Schumer, the leader of the Senate Gang of Eight, laid out what he sees as
five potential options for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on immigration: do
nothing; pass piecemeal legislation, pass a comprehensive bill similar to
the Senate’s that doesn’t include a pathway to citizenship, pass a
comprehensive bill with a pathway to citizenship, or pass the Senate bill
itself. That last option has been ruled out repeatedly by House Republican
leadership.
Schumer, appearing more fired up than usual, told reporters afterward that
if House Republicans head into bicameral conference negotiations with
legislation that doesn’t include a pathway to citizenship, it will be a “
path to a cul-de-sac to no immigration bill.”
“Look, I don’t want to get emotional about this, [but] America has stood
for citizenship,” Schumer said. “We have a Statue of Liberty here. It
never has said ‘you come here and you’ll be second class.’ We will not
stand for it.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/democrats-immigration-bil
