Hours before the Senate’s first vote on bipartisan immigration legislation, President Barack Obama on Tuesday morning will encourage lawmakers to support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
Speaking in the White House East Room, Obama will once again praise the bipartisan efforts of the so-called Senate “Gang of Eight” and reiterate his support for legislation “to fix our broken immigration system,” according to a White House official.
The Senate votes Tuesday afternoon on procedural measures to take up the legislation produced by the Gang of Eight.
Supporters scheduled to appear with Obama in the White House East Room on Tuesday morning included local law enforcement officials, lawmakers from Texas and California, union officials such as AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, and DREAMers — undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children.
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday morning, called on his colleagues to advance the new proposal.
“The Gang of Eight has done its work. Now it’s time for the Gang of 100 to do its work — for the entire Senate to have its say on this issue, and see if we can do something to improve the status quo. At the risk of stating the obvious, this bill has serious flaws,” he said.
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