A friend of mine from SC just spoke with Senator Lindsey Graham's office and asked the following questions:

Q: When will a rough draft of the immigration reform bill be available?

A: Don't know, but Senators Graham and Shumer are meeting weekly to discuss.

Q: When discussing the number of illegal immigrants currently in this country, the figure commonly referred to is 12 million, which by some estimates is low. If the number is actually greater, 20 million or more, will the bill include those as well?

A. Yes, all of them.

Q. In immigration reform bill S.1348 from June 2007, Senator Kennedy introduced amendment S.A.1150 which included language to accelerate the Security and Prosperity Partnership of NA. The amendment did not pass, however, when immigration reform bill S.1639 was introduced later in June 2007, this language was included within the text of the bill. Will any similar language also be included in the new bill?

A. Don't know.

Q. Could you please discuss this with Senator Graham and email a response to me?

A. (Reluctantly) I'll see what I can find out.