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Biden: Immigration reform could have "profound foreign policy impact"

2014-05-05 216 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made a push for immigration reform during a Cinco de Mayo event on Monday (May 5), urging House Republicans to take up the Senate immigration legislation to make accommodations for undocumented immigrants already living in the country.<br/> <br />House Speaker John Boehner has long talked of his interest in getting an immigration bill through Congress to address concerns such as border security. The Senate last year passed a sweeping measure that included a path to citizenship for certain undocumented immigrants. But some House conservatives oppose that measure, which they view as amnesty for lawbreakers.<br/> <br />Boehner has repeatedly dismissed the idea of passing the Senate version of the immigration bill in the House but has said that his chamber could consider a measure of its own. Some House Republicans have suggested the possibility of legalizing some undocumented residents instead of establishing a specific pathway t

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