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"On the Senate floor, lawmakers resumed debate on the issue Monday and voted to approve three amendments.
One would award financial grants to law enforcement in border states.
Another would put English-speaking legal immigrants on a fast track to citizenship.
The third, offered by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and approved by a 91-1 vote, would standardize the oath of allegiance said by newly minted citizens and also allow legal permanent residents who gain English fluency to become citizens in four years instead of five.
Senators passed the amendment to support state and local law enforcement by a vote of 84 to 6. Brought by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (R-N.M.), the measure would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to give border law enforcement agencies up to $50 million in grants a year, over the next five years, to fight crime related to illegal border crossings.
A number of Republicans who oppose options that would legalize illegal immigrants already in the country went to the White House on Monday for a meeting with Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove. Participants included Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), who have offered an alternate proposal that would require illegal immigrants to return to their countries of origin before applying for a temporary visa or permanent residence.
A spokesman for Cornyn said the senator had not been convinced to back any of the compromise ideas under discussion.
"Sen. Cornyn is focused on the Cornyn-Kyl bill," said Don Stewart, adding that the senator didn't back the idea of allowing those here for more than five years to gain citizenship. "A lot of people are pitching him a lot of different ideas. He's not pitching that idea."
Republicans remain deeply divided over the various proposals under debate, and it is not clear whether either side has the votes needed to end debate and hold a final vote by the end of the week."
"On the Senate floor, lawmakers resumed debate on the issue Monday and voted to approve three amendments.
One would award financial grants to law enforcement in border states.
Another would put English-speaking legal immigrants on a fast track to citizenship.
The third, offered by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and approved by a 91-1 vote, would standardize the oath of allegiance said by newly minted citizens and also allow legal permanent residents who gain English fluency to become citizens in four years instead of five.
Senators passed the amendment to support state and local law enforcement by a vote of 84 to 6. Brought by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (R-N.M.), the measure would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to give border law enforcement agencies up to $50 million in grants a year, over the next five years, to fight crime related to illegal border crossings.
A number of Republicans who oppose options that would legalize illegal immigrants already in the country went to the White House on Monday for a meeting with Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove. Participants included Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), who have offered an alternate proposal that would require illegal immigrants to return to their countries of origin before applying for a temporary visa or permanent residence.
A spokesman for Cornyn said the senator had not been convinced to back any of the compromise ideas under discussion.
"Sen. Cornyn is focused on the Cornyn-Kyl bill," said Don Stewart, adding that the senator didn't back the idea of allowing those here for more than five years to gain citizenship. "A lot of people are pitching him a lot of different ideas. He's not pitching that idea."
Republicans remain deeply divided over the various proposals under debate, and it is not clear whether either side has the votes needed to end debate and hold a final vote by the end of the week."
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