Though the border security component is the centerpiece of the Corker-Hoeven deal, the agreement includes a slew of sweeteners for senators considered swing votes for the overall bill. For instance, Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, long considered a likely Republican supporter of immigration reform, sought proposals to require the Department of Homeland Security to spell out how it will implement a biometric entry- exit system at the 10 busiest airports and calls on DHS figure out how to cut wait times at airports with the most international travelers. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) also announced Friday that he is co-sponsoring the Corker-Hoeven agreement. He has wanted to toughen back taxes and benefit provisions for immigrants in the overall bill, and the compromise adopts parts of his amendments.But perhaps his most controversial demand — a requirement that all back taxes be paid before undocumented immigrants become legalized — was excluded. A Hatch spokeswoman said the senator has not made up his mind on the underlying bill. Other Republican co-sponsors of the amendment include Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, and the GOP members of the Gang of Eight. It wasn’t just Republicans who got their demands. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was publicly critical of the guest-worker provisions in the Gang of Eight bill, telling the Washington Post that those programs were a “massive effort to attract cheap labor.” The Corker-Hoeven compromise includes a new section devoted to a Sanders plan aimed at helping young adults get jobs. It would provide $1.5 billion in grants to state and local communities to fund job opportunities for 16- to 24-year-olds who qualify. Sanders said this program was needed to offset the jobs that young foreign workers have in the United States, and it’s paid for with a temporary fee on certain visas and green cards. Meanwhile, Murkowski and Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) secured language in the Corker-Hoeven agreement meant to help the seafood industry in Alaska hire seasonal workers. Democrats are confident they will lose few — if any — votes from their side, and the border security compromise helps attract a number of red-state Democrats to the immigration bill; Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Begich are co-sponsors of the Corker-Hoeven agreement. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/immigration-vote-93171_Page2.html#ixzz2X3D1hHri Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/immigration-vote-93171.html#ixzz2X3CwO8D9