Daily Border Bulletin: NPI Analysis Business Labor Immigration Deal, Rubio, Graham Pump Breaks on Immigration Reform Deal, More
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NPI Analysis of Business Labor Immigration Deal: On Friday night Thomas J. Donohue, the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and Richard Trumka, the president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., the nation’s main federation of labor unions, agreed in principle on a guest worker program for low-skilled, year-round temporary workers. The eight Senate negotiators still need to formally sign off on the deal between the business and labor groups, but they are expected to do so by the end of the weekend. Below are highlights of the deal, and for an AFL-CIO fact sheet detailing the agreement in principle please click here.
Rubio, Graham Pump the Breaks on Immigration Reform Deal: Days after labor and business announced a major breakthrough in their negotiations on the future flow section of immigration reform. Senator Marco Rubio and Lindsay Graham took to the airwaves to caution that while they had a “conceptual agreement” There was not as of yet an actual agreement on the legislation. Senator Rubio was particularly forceful in his assertion that the legislation be taken through “regular order” which involves public hearings and amendments from other Senators both in committee and on the Senate floor.
Invite: 2 Live Web Briefings on US-Mexico, Border, Immigration Reform: With the President announcing a May trip to Mexico, and members of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” taking a constructive trip to the border, NDN/NPI’s 21st Century Border Initiative has put together two timely, informative background briefings on Mexico, the progress made in the US-Mexico border region and how this may impact the all-important immigration reform debate this year. Both live web briefings take place next week, and are free and open to the public. Feel free to invite others you think might be interested, and we look forward to connecting with you next week.