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Charles Schumer released a statement after Boehner’s remarks, saying that they show Republicans are unwilling to take up immigration reform.
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Speaker Boehner’s comments show how far Senator Rubio has to go in trying to gain Republican support for any proposal to help immigrant students,” the New York Democrat said. “Senator Rubio should be commended for trying to advance the conversation, but he is likely to find his party unwilling to abandon its hardline, anti-immigrant stance.”
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As a longtime advocate of undocumented immigrant children, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said today that he is not ruling out working with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in his push to come up with a bipartisan bill to help the children of illegal immigrants.
“We want to see what he is proposing in writing,” Durbin said. “I am assuming that he is approaching this in good faith, and I believe he wants to help. So I am open to any bipartisan effort”
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