Lobbyists love Schumer-Rubio

It is still not clear if the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the United States will be rewarded with amnesty later this year, but the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill that would grant them that amnesty has already provided Washington lobbyists on K Street with their big payday.

At least 55 new lobbyists have been hired by clients to influence the Shcumer-Rubio bill already this year, according to a new Sunlight Foundation report. That is up from just 42 new immigration lobbyists hired over all of last year. The number of companies employing lobbyists on immigration is also up sharply, from 317 in 2011 to 354 today.