"But being able to talk up how significant our border improvements are is what will give them the answer to justify a vote after the fact".
The amendment, which would require substantial and costly border improvements before legalization processes could move forward for undocumented immigrants, is considered a poison pill by most members of the "gang of eight" that drafted the bill, and is likely to fail if and when it goes for a vote.
At the border some improvement has been made in recent years, but very slowly, said Dr. Laurance N. Nickey, a retired city-county health director who now serves on the binational border health commission.
By half-four, they had nine MPs north of the border – some improvement on having one in 2015.
But in response to questions at a recent news conference, he suggested that the breadth and depth of border security improvements would inevitably produce problem officers.
Mexican and American officials said they expected the two presidents to agree in principle to an expanded guest-worker program, a limited legalization plan, border safety improvements and discussions about raising the number of permanent visas for Mexicans.
In addition, the government would be required to make border security improvements before it could begin doling out green cards.
But with Congress appearing unlikely to approve anything beyond the existing $1.6 billion for border security improvements — but not a border wall — Trump's White House has started to signal that it might be able to get the money in other ways.
The gang of eight bill would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, along with an overhaul of the legal immigration system and border security improvements that would trigger further steps toward legalization for the U.S.' undocumented population.
He offered his latest comments on the same day that the Senate's bipartisan "gang of eight" unveiled an immigration reform bill that would allow some undocumented immigrants to become citizens after an arduous process and numerous border security improvements.
Direct rail links between north east Wales and Liverpool should be restored, according to a report calling for cross-border transport improvements.
