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Immigration Laws Dept: WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of leading U.S. senators has reached agreement on sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws and include a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country while tightening border security, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Opposition Republicans were chastened by the November elections, which demonstrated the importance of Latino voters. They voted for Obama over Republican Mitt Romney 71 per cent to 27 per cent, leading some Republican leaders to conclude that supporting immigration reform with a path to citizenship has become a political imperative and press Secretary Jay Carney briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak The deal, which was to be announced at a news conference Monday afternoon, heralds the start of what could be the most significant effort in years toward overhauling the nation's inefficient patchwork of immigration laws. President Barack Obama has the rare chance to act on bipartisan agreement on a top issue while other matters, like gun control and addressing the massive deficit, get stuck in a deeply divided Congress. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.