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Immigration reform package's future in House is uncertain
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Jun 24, 2013
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Immigration reform package's future in House is uncertain
The Senate continues debate on a comprehensive immigration reform package. Many believe it will pass before the week is out, but some are saying it could get as many as 70 votes before it goes to the House.
Immigration reform advocates stage a demonstration outside a detention facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on June 14, 2013 in New York City. Demonstrators staged the event ahead of Fathers' Day to draw attention to the thousands of undocumented immigrant fathers deported by ICE and separated from their families in the United States.
Immigration reform advocates stage a demonstration outside a detention facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on June 14, 2013 in New York City. Demonstrators staged the event ahead of Fathers' Day to draw attention to the thousands of undocumented immigrant fathers deported by ICE and separated from their families in the United States.
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The Senate continues debate on a comprehensive immigration reform package. Many believe it will pass before the week is out, but some are saying it could get as many as 70 votes before it goes to the House.

The Senate continues debate on a comprehensive immigration reform package. Many believe it will pass before the week is out with as many as 70 votes. Then it heads to the House, where Republican Sen. Rand Paul predicts it will die. 

For more on this we're joined now by Reid Wilson, editor-in-chief of the National Journal.