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Jeff Flake: Republican Sen

The Senate Dept: "This has something for everybody to hate," said Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, according to Montreal Gazette. The legislation would dramatically remake the U.S. immigration system, ushering in new visa programs for low- and high-skilled workers, requiring a tough new focus on border security, instituting a new requirement for all employers to check the legal status of their workers, and installing a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally and WASHINGTON - The Senate's new compromise immigration bill drew criticism from the right and from the left Tuesday convincing members of the bipartisan group of eight senators that wrote it that they're on the right track. "No one gets everything they want," said Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.