Thread: Kyl plans new, revised immigration reform bill

Kyl plans new, revised immigration reform bill

July 24, 2007

Paul Giblin, Tribune
U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl plans to introduce an immigration enforcement bill before the Senate’s month-long summer recess starts on Aug. 4.

The Arizona Republican’s new tactic will be more narrowly focused than the Senate’s previous and unsuccessful approach that tried to link immigration enforcement to immigration reform. The broader measure collapsed in June.

The new legislation will offer a selection of immigration enforcement options that were identified during and after debate surrounding the failed immigration reform bill, Kyl said.

“It will be kind of a menu of all the kinds of things you can pick from if you wanted to do enforcement first. I think we need to change some laws in that regard,â€

[quote]“I regret not doing a better job explaining what we thought we had accomplished that made the bill acceptable from my point of view,â€