US senators: claims of immigration reform deal are 'premature'

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Source: The Guardian

Reports of a historic deal over immigration reform may be "premature", two of the senators tasked with forging cross-party consensus on the issue warned Sunday.

A bipartisan group of senators has been working for months on what would be the biggest shake-up of immigration policy since 1986. This weekend it was reported they had made a major breakthrough over the controversial issue of guest worker visas.

But on Sunday, Florida Republican senator Marco Rubio, a member of the so-called gang of eight senators leading the reform talks, said reports about a full agreement were "premature".

"We have made substantial progress and I believe we will be able to agree on a legislative proposal that modernizes our legal immigration system, improves border security and enforcement and allows those here illegally to earn the chance to one day apply for permanent residency," Rubio said in a statement. "However, that legislation will only be a starting point."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/31/marco-rubio-us-immigration-deal

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1. I Think It Is Smart To Set The Expections Game High

Because it now makes it harder for the Republicans to walk away without an agreement. The failure will be dropped flat in their lap as they will now own the failure. Good move!