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WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) -- House Republicans have a mixed view on a U.S. Senate immigration reform bill as archconservatives favor tough stances and others want a compromise.
The Senate passed a bill Thursday that mixed border protection with pathways to citizenship for many of the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States now.
The measure now heads to a conference committee, which will try to mesh it with a House bill passed in December that focused on border security. It also would make it a felony to be in the United States without proper documents.
Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., said the Senate bill was like selling citizenship to the country. Sensenbrenner is the architect of the House bill.
The Christian Science Monitor reports supporters of the bi-partisan Senate bill along with most Democratic and moderate Republican House members are hoping to wind down the security-only talk on Capitol Hill.
That middle road stance has the backing of U.S. President George Bush.
A spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said the only way a bill would even make it onto the floor for a vote is if a majority of House Republicans give it the OK.
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