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The Senate Immigration Bill. Read it here. All 844 pages

By Lynn Sweet

WASHINGTON–The bi-partisan Senate immigration bill was filed near 2 a.m. on Wednesday, the “Gang of Eight” the co-sponsors, with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) among them.

Read the 844-page bill… Border_Security,_Economic_Opportunity_and_Immigration_Modernization_Act.pdf

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