WASHINGTON -- Immigration talks in the Senate snagged Friday when Republican members of the "gang of eight" rejected another compromise on the future flow of foreign workers, according to the AFL-CIO labor federation.
Senators said they had hoped to agree on reform by the end of the week, before a two-week recess takes them out of Washington. Other issues, even contentious ones such as border security and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, have mostly been resolved. But squabbling over worker visas continues.
The latest problem is how to decide the future flow of workers that won't disrupt wages of American workers. Talks between the AFL-CIO and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over guest worker provisions have stalled over the issue. After Republicans senators in the gang of eight -- Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) -- rejected other proposals, AFL-CIO spokesman Jeff Hauser said Democrats offered a compromise: adopting language from an existing law for another type of visa, the H2-B. "Visas will be issued only when the employment of foreign workers will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly situated workers in the United States," that law reads.
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