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A bipartisan group of senators was expected to meet to discuss options for passing immigration legislation this year.
“The idea is to get as many bipartisan bills we can find that have goals that will add up to 60,†Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said, referring to the Senate’s threshold for passing most legislation.
Sens John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif) was expected to meet with Durbin. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) may also attend. All are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which handles immigration policy.
Senators started revisiting long-fraught bipartisan immigration talks this year after Democrats in the chamber failed to take up a House-passed partisan tax and social spending bill that
included temporary legal status for some undocumented immigrants and measures to streamline legal immigration processing.
The Senate is currently split 50-50 between the parties, meaning at least
10 Republicans must support action to move it through regular order.