Senators Agree To Pathway To Citizenship For Undocumented Immigrants

Bipartisan Group Makes Apparent Immigration Breakthrough
FILE In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center,speaks at a Capitol Hill news conference with a bipartisan group of leading senators to announce their agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws. Eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between, from left, Sen. John McCains, R-Ariz., and Sen. Charles Schumers, D-N.Y., offices, and in a capital riven by partisanship and gridlock, they are determined to be the exception and actually get something done. This is immigration reform's " Gang of Eight". At right is Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., The group includes Sen.s Lindsey Graham, RS.C., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., not shown here. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FILE In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center,speaks at a Capitol Hill news conference with a bipartisan group of leading senators to announce their agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws. Eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between, from left, Sen. John McCains, R-Ariz., and Sen. Charles Schumers, D-N.Y., offices, and in a capital riven by partisanship and gridlock, they are determined to be the exception and actually get something done. This is immigration reform's " Gang of Eight". At right is Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., The group includes Sen.s Lindsey Graham, RS.C., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., not shown here. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Though the draft is a long way from becoming law, immigration advocates expressed guarded optimism about a possible breakthrough.

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