Senators reach deal on immigration changes.

[No Elephants]

Jan 28, 12:04 AM EST

Senators reach deal on immigration changes

By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws.

The deal, which was to be announced at a news conference Monday afternoon, covers border security, guest workers and employer verification, as well as a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country.

Although thorny details remain to be negotiated and success is far from certain, the development heralds the start of what could be the most significant effort in years toward overhauling the nation's inefficient patchwork of immigration laws.

President Barack Obama also is committed to enacting comprehensive immigration legislation and will travel to Nevada on Tuesday to lay out his vision, which is expected to overlap in important ways with the Senate effort.

The eight senators expected to endorse the new principles Monday are Democrats Charles Schumer of New York, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado; and Republicans John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida and Jeff Flake of Arizona.

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The second I saw the headline, my thought was "deal reached to lower wages."

If they would put stiff penalties on employers who pay "under the table," this might help our revenue problems some, but something tells me that will not be happening. I imagine that a lot of undocumented immigrants have preferred to get paid under the table because they have no social security number and a paper trail anywhere in government scares them.

And, employers like it because they don't have to pay the employer contribution to unemployment, Social Security, etc. or obey any labor laws. Not to mention that it cuts down on paperwork.

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1. I suspect you thought was right......nt