By Alexander Bolton | The Hill
A coalition of influential conservative leaders have published an open letter announcing their strong opposition to the 800-plus page Senate immigration reform bill.
Conservatives blasted what they dubbed the Schumer-Rubio bill as a “bloated and unwieldy” package comparable to ObamaCare or the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law.
Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are two members of the Senate’s Gang of Eight, which drafted the bill after months of private negotiations.
The coalition, which includes Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, and Phyllis Schlafly, president of Eagle Forum, urged lawmakers to dump the legislation.
“Many of us support various parts of the legislation, but the overall package is so unsatisfactory that the Senate would do better to start over from scratch,” they wrote.
They argued the legislation would cede “excessive control over immigration law to an administration that has repeatedly proven itself to be untrustworthy, even duplicitous”.
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