Immigration Bill Faces Hundreds Of Amendments, Including On LGBT Rights

“Some of the potential pitfalls for the bipartisan Senate immigration reform bill came into focus on Tuesday when Judiciary Committee members filed 300 amendments, ranging from worker visa changes to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

The 18-member committee will begin discussion Thursday on those amendments to the so-called gang of eight’s “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.” As they do, some tough votes will come up for both opponents and supporters of the bill — particularly members of the group who drafted it.

Senators in the immigration group have said they will stick together to defeat amendments they view as poison pills to the bill, but they also expressed openness — in vague terms — to supporting other amendments they see as more beneficial.”

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