After one full week of votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee, it is now clear that no major changes will be made to the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill before it reaches the Senate floor. The fix is in. The Republicans members of the Gang of Eight on the Judiciary Committee, Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Jeff Flake, R-Ari., have conspired with the Democrats to vote down any real changes to the original Gang of Eight plan.

Require 700 miles of fence before illegal immigrants are legalized? Voted down by Flake and Graham. Require a biometric visa entry and exit system, as recommended by the 9/11 Commission, before illegal immigrants are legalized? Flake and Graham said no. The Democrats simply will not allow any changes to the basic amnesty-first/enforcement-later structure of the bill.