McCain, Napolitano Hint at Joint Benchmarks for Immigration Reform Talks

February 17, 2011 6:01 PM


ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports: Arizona Sen. John McCain and his Republican colleagues have long said they will only join Democrats on a comprehensive immigration reform deal if and when the southwest border is secured.

Now McCain says he wants to develop a mutually-agreeable set of benchmarks with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for what level of security is sufficient and how to determine when that goal has been met.

“We have to agree on certain criteria on what is successful securing of our border,â€