Congress Can Still Mess Up Immigration Reform

April 3 (Bloomberg) -- It’s looking pretty good lately forimmigration reform. Big Business and Big Labor, represented bythe U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, say they havereached a deal to regulate the flow and status of temporary workvisas. Democrats and Republicans, represented by SenatorsCharles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of SouthCarolina, say they may have legislation as early as next week.

Or maybe not. Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida,another member of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” that has beenworking on immigration reform, called reports of progresspremature. Rubio is at the center of the action on comprehensiveimmigration reform for one reason only: He placed himself there.But unlike Graham or Schumer -- or, for that matter, theconsistently anti-reform Republican from Alabama, Senator JeffSessions -- it’s not entirely clear from day to day whoseinterests Rubio represents.