Bloomberg BusinessWeek – The Senate advanced the costliest plan ever to bolster security at the U.S.-Mexico border, drawing enough Republican support to indicate that a broad revision of immigration law will pass by week’s end. The 67-27 vote allows the measure to move forward.
The Senate bill will create as many as 11 million new U.S. residents by 2023. They will pay $16 billion in fees to cover the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s processing costs. [Read More]