A broad coalition of more than 100 conservative leaders signed a letter Monday urging senators to oppose S. 744, also known as the Gang of Eight immigration bill. “No matter how well-intentioned, the Schumer-Rubio bill suffers from fundamental design flaws that make it unsalvageable,” the letter reads. “Many of us support various parts of the legislation, but the overall package is so unsatisfactory that the Senate would do better to start over from scratch.”
Letter signatories include RedState Editor Erick Erickson, radio host Mark Levin, Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin and former U.S. Rep. Allen West. Levin’s addition to the list is an especially big blow to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has spent considerable time lobbying Levin on the bill.
