Politics & Government

Do You Support the Senate's Immigration Bill?

Known as 'S.744,' 1,000-page bill's negotiations stopped this week amid Republican-introduced amendments.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is proposing amendments to a massive U.S. Senate immigration reform bill that would require the federal government to comply with stronger border security and visa requirements before undocumented immigrants could get green cards or become naturalized, Gannet reported.

The so-called "Gang of Eight" bipartisan measure debate ended Thursday due to Republican lawmakers wanting to make difficult revisions.

The controversial bill is being supported by several faith groups, police agencies, labor organizations and even immigration rights advocates.

One revision nixed last week proposed by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, would have imposed a six-month moratorium on provisional legal status for immigrants until the Department of Homeland Security could effectively patrol the Southwest border.

Another one introduced by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, emphasizes border security first before undocumented immigrants could gain provisional legal status.

Another amendment presented by Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, would require DHS to build a 350-mile fence on the Southwest border before undocumented immigrants could get provisional status. Critics have said the project could cost $1.5 billion.

Yet, Harper Polling and Public Policy Polling released the results of new polling in 29 states showing overwhelming voter support for the legislation.

Poll results indicate voters in critical states and across the country are ready to compromise on a bill that would legalize the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in hiding and in fear of deportation.

"S.744" would help those residing in the country illegally to achieve citizenship, reunites families with relatives living abroad who may have been deported or detained, addresses what to do with the so-called "DREAMers" who entered the country as children yet studied here and even joined the military and creates worker protections for whistle blowers.

Scroll down and tell us in the comments below:

• Should the Southwest border be monitored for illegal immigration for six months before undocumented immigrants are given provisional legal status?
• Should border security be enforced first before undocumented immigrants gain provisional legal status?
• Should the Department of Homeland Security build 350 miles of fencing on the Southwest border, or is this proposal a waste of taxpayers' money?


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