Senate Immigration Reform Bill Passes With Strong Majority

A supermajority of senators passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill that would grant 11 million undocumented immigrants immediate legal status and a path to citizenship while sending $30 billion to the southern border to beef up securityIn a speech designed to cement an overwhelming 69 senate ayes for immigration reform just before the historic vote and to bolster his blossoming national political career, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said from the senate floor, “I support this reformOne of the most dramatic moments in the crafting of the Senate's immigration-reform legislation came last month, during the markup of the bill in the Judiciary Committee. Senator Patrick Leahy, of Vermont, the chairman of the committee and a longtime One of the most dramatic moments in the crafting of the Senate's immigration-reform legislation came last month, during the markup of the bill

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