Senators to Convene Bipartisan Immigration Meeting

“A bipartisan group of senators will meet Thursday to discuss options for passing immigration legislation this year,” Bloomberg reports.

“Senators started revisiting long-fraught bipartisan immigration talks this year after Democrats in the chamber failed to take up a House-passed partisan tax and social spending bill that included temporary legal status for some undocumented immigrants and measures to streamline legal immigration processing. The Senate is currently split 50-50 between the parties, meaning at least 10 Republicans must support action to move it through regular order.”

“Thursday’s meeting will mark the most concrete step senators have taken to map out legislative action on immigration this year.”