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    Doug McKelway reports from Washington, D.C.

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Immigration front and center in Washington that Senate Judiciary Committee we'll hear from a variety of groups with a stake in the debate including the Homeland Security secretary.

And business leaders it comes as a new fox poll finds it.

Voters are split on the issue 43%.

Say securing the borders should be the number one priority 41% believe passing new legislation is issue number one.

The rest say do both of the same time.

Doug -- always live on the hill sounds like there is bipartisan consensus.

On this reform the question is what form those.

That take a good morning there.

Morning bill yacht and we should find out just exactly what form of that consensus will take this morning in the Senate Judiciary Committee as that hearing gets under way just about as we speak.

The hearing is occurring as eight members of the senate for Republicans and four Democrats have crafted an immigration reform proposal that seems to be gaining traction.

And which the president appeared appeared to pretty much endorsed last night during the State of the Union Address here's the president.

Bipartisan groups in both chambers for working diligently to draft a bill and I applaud their efforts so let's get this not.

Send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months and I won't sign up right away and America will be better.

But there is one potential sticking point at least one potential sticking point -- senator Marco Rubio hinted at bat in his response to the State of the Union Address last night was not -- senator rubio.

We need a responsible permanent solution of the problem of those who are here illegally.

But first we must follow through on a broken promises of the past.

To secure our borders.

And enforce our laws.

The president has said that he wants it to provide a path to citizenship for eleven million illegal Americans in the country right now without first securing.

The border and -- the border in for a lot of Republicans especially conservative Republicans that is a non starter in -- look for.

As senator Jeff Sessions conservative Republican from Alabama they.

To vigorously questioned DHS secretary.

Janet the -- -- about precisely that he's called for the resignation of the ice ahead John Morton.

Because of the lack of enforcement.

What's the time for him on this -- What what's unusual about this bill is that is expected that this legislation expected to follow regular order we're talking about committee hearings and markups.

A conference committee with the perhaps ending up on the president's desk as early as -- this summer perhaps after the August recess.

If the president however insists on an immediate pathway to citizenship for those eleven million.

It's going to be seen by conservative Republicans as a poison pill and may jeopardize the spirit of bipartisanship that we appear to be sitting right now thank you Doug Doug -- -- on the hill on that story today.

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