A spokesman for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says a hearing scheduled Wednesday in the Senate on the comprehensive immigration reform effort being pushed by the the Republican and seven other senators will be postponed until the end of the week.
“BREAKING: Lots of concern there wouldn’t be enough time to read bill before Wednesday’s Judiciary hearing, so hearing’s been moved to Friday,” Rubio spokesman Alex Conant wrote on Twitter.
A text of the massive bill, which was crafted without public scrutiny by a bipartisan group of senators popularly called the “Gang of Eight,” has not yet been released. NBC News reported Monday that the Gang of Eight’s members are “racing to complete” the legislation and hope to present it formally on Tuesday.
The legislation, an apparent portion of which has been leaked, is expected to provide conditional legalization to 11 million illegal immigrants and allow 250,000 low-wage farm-workers to work in the states and eventually apply for citizenship.
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