Key players in the Senate immigration debate moved into damage-control mode Friday, trying to prevent the Boston attack from becoming a flashpoint in the debate on a bill that already faces an uphill battle in Congress, says
Politico.
“I’d like to ask that all of us not jump to conclusions regarding the events in Boston, not conflate those events with this legislation,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of the bipartisan group that put the bill together.
A spokesman for another member of the group, Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, released a statement saying: "Americans will reject any attempt to tie the losers responsible for the attacks in Boston with the millions of law-abiding immigrants currently living in the U.S. and those hoping to immigrate here in the future.”