Reuters: Politics: Senators unveil bipartisan immigration bill

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Senators unveil bipartisan immigration bill Apr 16th 2013, 04:17 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Lawmakers pitch immigration plan with strong border control Sun, Apr 14 2013 Senate plan would deport illegal immigrants entering U.S. after 2011 Sat, Apr 13 2013 Senators aim to unveil immigration bill Tuesday Thu, Apr 11 2013 Thu, Apr 11 2013 Thousands rally at Capitol for immigrant citizenship Wed, Apr 10 2013 Analysis & Opinion The 'laws of economics' don't exist The price of defying your base The U.S. Capitol dome and U.S. Senate (R) in Washington, August 2, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON | Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:17am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation to remove the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants, giving them an opportunity to apply for permanent legal status within 10 years and eventually for U.S. citizenship. Under the proposal, undocumented immigrants who came to America before December 31, 2011 and stayed continuously could apply for "provisional" legal status as soon as six months after the bill is signed by the president. But beyond that, they would have to wait, perhaps for a decade or more without receiving federal benefits, while the government meets a host of tough conditions for securing U.S. borders and enforcing current immigration law. The bill's sponsors - four Democrats and four Republicans -felt such conditions and enforcement "triggers" to be necessary in order to help it succeed where similar measures have failed, mostly because of opposition to what opponents see as "amnesty" for law-breakers. Even with the many caveats, the proposal faces months of debate, scores of amendments and potentially significant opposition, particularly in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Indeed, much of the legislation was designed to make the bill palatable to Republicans. Billions of dollars in new money would be funneled into additional border security to discourage people from avoiding detection as they crossed Mexico's border with the United States. (Editing by Fred Barbash and Lisa Shumaker) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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