U.S. Chamber Of Commerce

Dept: The AFL-CIO trade union confederation and U.S. Chamber of Commerce had been fighting over wages for tens of thousands of low-skilled workers who would be brought in under the new program to fill jobs in construction, hotels and resorts, nursing homes and restaurants, and other industries, according to CTV. That likely would clear the way for Schumer and seven other senators in a bipartisan group to unveil legislation the week of April 8 to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, strengthening the border, cracking down on illegal employers, allowing in tens of thousands of new high- and low-skilled workers, and providing a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country and WASHINGTON -- Prospects for a U.S. Senate deal on an ambitious overhaul of America's immigration laws improved markedly as business and labour appeared ready to set aside their differences over a new low-skilled worker program holding up the agreement. But on Friday, officials from both sides said there was basic agreement on the wage issue, and Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer said a final deal on the low-wage worker dispute was very close. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.