Senators agree on plan to write bipartisan immigration bill

Published January 24, 2018 11:25pm ET



A bipartisan group of senators agreed late Wednesday on a process to craft an immigration reform bill that protects so-called “Dreamers,” bolsters border security, and reforms the nation’s immigration system.

Lawmakers decided that ideas for the reform bill should filter through the two Senate whips – Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill. – who will then work together to write a bill.

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