Senate Group Close on Immigration Rewrite, Schumer Says

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President Barack Obama said he is confident that an immigration bill will pass in the next several months, as key Senators charged with crafting the legislation indicated that their process is almost complete.

Speaking to reporters after touring the U.S.-Mexico border with other lawmakers, New York Senator Charles Schumer said a bipartisan Senate group is “90 percent” done with its draft of a bill to revamp U.S. immigration law.