Rand Paul Won't Support Current Immigration Bill
Because it doesn't include amendment over secure borders
Sen. Rand Paul says he'll vote "no" on the Senate's bipartisan immigration reform bill, since it doesn't include his amendment that would grant Congress power to determine whether the U.S. southern border is secure.
The Kentucky Republican had previously been open to supporting the measure, which includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants that's contingent on bolstering border security. Paul introduced an amendment that would have required Congress to vote on whether the border was properly secure, but it failed to gain approval this week.
Without that inclusion, Paul said definitively on CNN's "State of the Union" he would be a "no" vote.
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