Charles Schumer: Scott Applewhite

Charles Schumer Dept: WASHINGTON - Business and labour groups announced agreement Thursday on the principles of a key priority for a comprehensive immigration bill: a new system to bring lower-skilled workers to the U.S, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The principles include agreement on the need for a mechanism to let businesses more easily hire foreign workers when Americans aren't available to fill jobs. This will require a new kind of worker visa program that does not keep all workers in a permanent temporary status and responds as the U.S. economy grows and shrinks, the groups said in a joint news release and fILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The New Yorkers for Real Immigration Reform, a coalition of organizations, is demanding a meeting with Schumer, one of eight senators helping to draft a bill for immigration reform. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File The Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO reached consensus after weeks of closed-doors negotiations they were conducting at the request of Sens. Charles Schumer, a Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, a Republican, two of the senators involved in producing an immigration deal in Congress. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.