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Senators reach deal on broad immigration reform

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    Steve Centanni reports from Washington, D.C.

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Details of this bell still need to be worked out really but according to sources senators want to cover really four main goals in this.

It include is something you've heard a lot about which is a path to citizenship.

For the eleven million immigrants who are already living here.

Also reforming the current legal immigration system as well which some people including Jeb Bush say.

-- a lot of flaws and and establishment of an employment verification program to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants something like that already exist they wanna do some changes to back.

Also an agricultural worker program and.

This kind all right Steve Centanni now leads our -- -- is live in Washington what happens.

Exactly today Steve good morning.

Well good morning bill a bipartisan group of eight senators will unveil its new immigration proposal here on Capitol Hill.

It's a plan as you said the lays out a path to citizenship for eleven million undocumented immigrants along with tighter border security and better employment verification.

The Democrats on the panel are Chuck Schumer of New York Dick Durbin of Illinois Bob Menendez of New Jersey.

And Colorado's Michael -- the Republicans or John McCain of Arizona south Carolina's Lindsey Graham Marco Rubio of Florida and Jeff flake of Arizona.

Now this comes as President Obama flies to Las Vegas to outline his vision for immigration.

Senator Durbin says immigration reform a comprehensive plan is long overdue.

We are committed to a comprehensive approach to finally in this country have -- immigration law that we can live with.

We have virtually been going for maybe 25 years without a clear statement about immigration policy that's unacceptable in this nation of immigrants.

The plan also calls for easier entry for immigrants who have math science and engineering skills -- there are a lot of politics laces this entire issue how -- the politics figure into.

This proposal -- Well first he comes during an important window of opportunity before the mid term elections of 2014 get under way before the campaigning gets under way it also comes just after President Obama.

Was reelected partly because of the strong support of Latinos the fastest growing minority group in the US Senator John McCain acknowledge that reality yesterday.

-- -- a little straight talk look at the last election.

But the last election we are losing.

Dramatically the Hispanic vote which we think.

Should be ours for a variety of reasons and we got to understand that.

So is senate bill immigration reform could be debated this spring we'll see OK thank you Steve start another way Steve Centanni in Washington Martha has -- --

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