UNITED STATES-IMMIGRATION-US Senate committee approves immigration measure

May 23, 2013

WASHINGTON, CMC - The United States Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws. The bipartisan vote sends the s most significant immigration policy changes in decades to the full Senate for further deliberation. Debate is anticipated to commence there next month. The 13-5 vote approved the measure authored by four Democrats and four Republicans, and includes an agreement between Republicans and Democrats on visas for high-skilled Caribbean and other foreign workers.

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