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| Border control could prove to be immigration reform sticking point | Border control could prove to be immigration reform sticking point |
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| A possible sticking point between the US Senate's bipartisan proposal on immigration reform and the approach adopted by the president, Barack Obama, could be whether and how the establishment of a new path to citizenship is linked with enhanced border security. | A possible sticking point between the US Senate's bipartisan proposal on immigration reform and the approach adopted by the president, Barack Obama, could be whether and how the establishment of a new path to citizenship is linked with enhanced border security. |
| Republicans want the two to be linked. In the Senate's plan, commissions made up of governors and attorneys general from border states would have to somehow certify security enhancements – such as surveillance drones – before citizenship requests could move forward. The details of how that would work have yet to be hashed out, Rubio said Monday. | Republicans want the two to be linked. In the Senate's plan, commissions made up of governors and attorneys general from border states would have to somehow certify security enhancements – such as surveillance drones – before citizenship requests could move forward. The details of how that would work have yet to be hashed out, Rubio said Monday. |
| Republicans also call for "exit tracking" to make sure workers with temporary visas leave the country; employer certification to hold businesses accountable for the immigration status of employees; the levying of fines and back taxes on immigrants and limits on the future legal immigration flow. | Republicans also call for "exit tracking" to make sure workers with temporary visas leave the country; employer certification to hold businesses accountable for the immigration status of employees; the levying of fines and back taxes on immigrants and limits on the future legal immigration flow. |
| Democrats want exceptions for young immigrants and agricultural workers, and for highly skilled immigrants. They also seek explicit prohibitions on racial profiling. | Democrats want exceptions for young immigrants and agricultural workers, and for highly skilled immigrants. They also seek explicit prohibitions on racial profiling. |
| The Plum Line's Greg Sargent doesn't see any quarter in the president getting specific in his speech. | The Plum Line's Greg Sargent doesn't see any quarter in the president getting specific in his speech. |
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