Gaining key Republican support, immigration reform moves ahead seeming like an unstoppable force

Key US senator: immigration deal ‘very close’

AFP

Eight US senators crafting an overhaul of immigration policy are on the verge of finalizing a deal that could bring 11 million undocumented migrants out of the shadows, one of the lawmakers said Thursday. Senator Chuck Schumer, the leading Democrat in the bipartisan Gang of Eight, said the plan.

Six in 10 Americans support citizenship path for illegals

Nearly two-thirds of Americans favor a path to citizenship — with conditions — for undocumented immigrants, according to a new poll out Thursday, as lawmakers debate reform plans. Lawmakers from both sides of the US political divide, as well as President Barack Obama, have expressed optimism. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles