Daily Border Bulletin: Gang of 8 Seeks Alt. to Cornyn Amdt, Poe, Smith, Flores Propose Border Enforcement Act, "Purgatorio"

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Gang of Eight Seeks Alternative to John Cornyn Amendment Members of the bipartisan Gang of Eight who drafted the original Senate immigration bill are pushing back against Senator John Cornyn’s RESULTS amendment that seeks to increase border enforcement saying it is a “poison pill.” The Cornyn amendment, meanwhile, is gaining more support from other Republicans.

Ted Poe, Lamar Smith, Bill Flores Propose Border Enforcement Crackdown Similar to Cornyn Plan Senator John Cornyn introduced an amendment to the Senate immigration bill currently being debated on the floor that would increase border security requirements. Seemingly following his lead, three members of the House have introduced the very similar “SMART Border Act” in the lower chamber.

“Purgatorio,” a Film about Lives on the U.S.-Mexico Border While immigration reform is being debated in the halls of Congress, filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes feels like lawmakers are not seeing the full picture of life at the border. He says his film “Purgatorio” attempts “to give you an x-ray of the border so you can really feel it, and then you can go off and talk about what’s going on.”