Apparently republicans are mostly concerned with the enforcement of immigration laws rather than the reworkings of them, but luckily the bill includes the extra enforcement they're so keen on, so the majority of republicans (and democrats) are actually both for this bill, which is something we haven't heard in a while. [quote]The president, in his speech, specified three pillars of immigration reform: better enforcement of immigration laws, providing a path to citizenship for the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the country, and reforming the legal immigration system. To earn the opportunity for citizenship, Obama said undocumented immigrants must first pass a background check, learn English, pay a penalty, and then get "in the back of the line" behind people trying to come to America legally. Millions of undocumented immigrants would get immediate but provisional status to live and work in the United States, under the compromise plan crafted by the senate group. That outline also called for strengthening border controls, improved monitoring of visitors and cracking down on hiring undocumented workers.[/quote]