Nothing is completely set, but the agreement marks a begin of real cooperation on the subject.
Four main goals are included in the principles:
- Creating a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, who are already in the US, conditional upon the border being secure and a better tracking system being developed to track people here on visas.
- Reforming the legal immigration system, which would include awarding green cards to immigrants who obtain advanced degrees in science, math, technology, or engineering from an American university.
- Creating a system to effectively verify resident status, to ensure that employers do not hire illegal immigrants.
- Allowing more low skill workers into the country and allowing employers to hire immigrants if they can demonstrate they were unable to recruit US citizens.
The four Democrat senators, endorsing the principles are: Michael Bennet, Colorado; Dick Durbin, Illinois; Robert Menendez, New Jersey; and Charles Schumer, New York.
They are joined by four Republicans: Jeff Flake and John McCain, Arizona; Marco Rubio, Florida; and Lindsey Graham, South Carolina.
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