President Barack Obama

Republicans Dept: The senators already are defending the program that would provide a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million individuals in the country who came illegally or overstayed their visit, according to Montreal Gazette. Immigration represents a rare issue on which President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats and opposition Republicans might actually reach agreement. The Republicans were jolted into a major reassessment after losing badly in last year's elections and losing the Hispanic vote and have been looking for ways to reach beyond their largely aging white male image and WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators plans to unveil proposed legislation on Tuesday that would represent the most dramatic changes to the country's immigration system in two decades. "We're not awarding anybody anything. All we're doing is giving people the opportunity to eventually earn access to our new, improved and modernized legal immigration system," said Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican and potential presidential candidate in 2016 who has been at work on the deal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.