GOP senators call immigration bill flawed

By Alan Gomez, USA Today

As the Senate prepares to debate a sweeping immigration bill that would allow the nation's 11 million unauthorized immigrants to become U.S. citizens, some Republicans, including one who helped write the law, are sounding skeptical about its chances of clearing the chamber.

Four senators penned a letter to their colleagues Tuesday saying the bill has "serious flaws" and laid out nine areas where they say significant change is needed before the bill can pass the full Senate.

"We need immigration reform, but the American people deserve better than a 1,000-page bill that makes our immigration system more complex and less accountable without truly ensuring border security," the letter read. "Americans expect their government to end the lawlessness, not surrender to it."

The letter was written by four senators who already voted against the bill when it passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 13-5 vote last month: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa; Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. But even one of the co-authors of the bill, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has been wondering whether the bill is ready to pass the Senate.

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