Over the weekend, officials at the US Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO announced that they had reached an agreement on a guest-worker program in immigration reform, one of the key holdups in the process to legislation. Though some members of the Senate Gang of 8 were quick to note that the business-labor agreement might not translate to imminent legislation, a bill is expected to come from the Senate within the next few weeks.
Talking Points Memo: How A Top Immigration Activist And A Founding Tea Partier Became Buds
By Benjy Sarlin
Politico: Next immigration hurdle: Citizenship’s fine print
By Carrie Budoff Brown
Wall Street Journal: Immigration Overhaul Clears a Big Hurdle
By Sara Murray and Patrick O’Connor
USA Today: Business, labor reach deal on low-skilled worker visas
By Alan Gomez
Arizona Republic: Business-labor deal opens way for immigration bill
By Dan Nowicki
Neon Tommy: Senators Divided On How Close They Are To Immigration Deal
By Danny Lee
The Nation: Coming Out of the Shadows in Union Square
By Aura Bogado
New York Times: Guest Workers Are at Crux of Groups’ Deal on Immigration
By Ashley Parker and Steven Greenhouse
Associated Press: Source: Business, labor get deal on worker program
By Erica Werner
Politico: Immigration negotiations head closer to deal
By Carrie Budoff Brown and Anna Palmer
New York Times: Labor and Business Reach Deal on Immigration Issue
By Ashley Parker and Steven Greenhouse
Wall Street Journal: Deal Reached on Key Immigration Hurdle
By Sara Murray
Reuters: Outlook for immigration deal brightens
By Steve Holland
Los Angeles Times: Labor, business leaders reach wage plan for immigrant workers
By Brian Bennett
Bloomberg: Business-Labor Deal Marks Major Step To Immigration Bill
By Richard Rubin and Kathleen Hunter
National Journal: 3 Ways Work Visas Could Still Blow Up the Immigration Bill
By Fawn Johnson
Los Angeles Times: Senators disagree on how close they are to a deal on immigration
By Richard Serrano
Huffington Post: Immigration Deal Reached By ‘Gang Of Eight,’ Chuck Schumer, Lindsey Graham Say
By Ariel Edwards-Levi
CNN: Senators expect immigration legislation this week; Rubio signals no final agreement yet
By Gregory Wallace
Roll Call: ‘Gang of Eight’ Forecasts Immigration Bill Next Week
By Ben Weyl
Washington Post: Lindsey Graham: Conceptual deal on immigration reform
By Sean Sullivan
The Hill: Axelrod: Immigration reform a ‘legacy item’ for Obama presidency
By Meghashyam Mali
Star-Ledger: Booker talks gun control, immigration reform, gay marriage
By Dan Goldberg
Newsmax: Jeb Bush: Immigration Is Key to America’s Comeback
By Jim Meyers and John Bachman
Politico: House group nears immigration deal
By Jake Sherman
Bloomberg: Majority of House Members Get Education on Immigration
By Roxana Tiron
New York Times: New Attitude on Immigration Skips an Old Coal Town
By Trip Gabriel
National Journal: If Steve King Runs for the Senate, His Opponents Will Have a Lot to Work With
By Ben Terris
New York Times (Editorial): The Immigration Spring
Los Angeles Times (Opinion): Immigration reform — a conservative approach
By Rep. Raul Labrador
Wall Street Journal (Opinion): Immigrants, Anti-Immigrants and Americans
By Grover Joseph Reeves
Washington Post (Blog): Rubio’s right: Don’t skip hearings on immigration reform
By Jennifer Rubin
Washington Post (Blog): How immigration reform is scrambling American politics
By Ezra Klein
New York Times (Sunday Review): Immigrant Detainees and the Right to Counsel
By Ian Urbina and Catherine Rentz
Los Angeles Times: Hundreds march downtown in support of immigration reform
By Cindy Chang
Reuters (Indiana): Indiana Immigration Law Sections Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Judge
By Susan Guyett
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ohio to grant driver’s licenses to some undocumented immigrants
By James Ewinger
