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The Arizona senator says the "border surge" amendment in the Senate bill could be amended in a House compromise, but the path to citizenship is not negotiable.

A group of 20 pro-immigration reform lawmakers from the House and Senate are touring immigration-related sites in New York City this weekend. The trip includes a meeting with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Gracie Mansion and a stop at Ellis Island.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has repeatedly said that he would not introduce the Senate immigration reform bill to the House floor, citing opposition from the majority of his party. Can a rare legislative mechanism force a vote on it anyway?

The comprehensive immigration reform bill passed the Senate with 68 votes on Thursday afternoon, but House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reiterated his earlier refusal to introduce any legislation on the House floor unless the majority of Republicans supported it.

The Senate will vote today to proceed to debate on the Corker-Hoeven amendment, which provides for an extra 700 miles of fencing along the border, over 20,000 more Border Patrol agents, and $3.2 billion in funding for surveillance and detection technology.

Nitza Quiñones Alejandro is the first openly gay Latina elected to a federal judgeship by the US Senate.

The Democratic senator from Virginia made history yesterday after delivering a speech on the Senate floor entirely in Spanish.

Every Senate Democrat voted in favor of the motion to move the bill along to consideration by the full Senate, along with all but 15 of the 45 Senate Republicans.

The immigration reform bill will come to a vote in the Senate on June 10. Meet the seven Democrats who may not vote for it.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. died Monday at age 89.

Anti-amnesty and anti-immigration groups have begun campaigns against the comprehensive immigration reform bill, which would give a path to citizenship for many of the nation's estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.

Harry Reid and Ted Cruz do not seem to be very close 'friends', despite Reid's label for the Texas Republican.

Gabriel Gomez, son of Colombian immigrants is challenging longtime Congressman Edward Markey, D-Mass. for the state's junior Senate seat.

Following John Kerry's appointment to Secretary of State, political-newcomer Gabriel Gomez will run against veteran Congressman Ed Markey to fill the vacant Senior Senator seat.

Luis Miranda's op-ed piece chronicling his journey from undocumented immigrant to White House.

When Max Baucus and a number of high-profile Democrats retire in 2014, will the Republicans win back the Senate?

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would remove the bill from consideration after key measures were defeated.

A popular senator plans to filibuster the president's choice for CIA Director until he explains his new policy allowing domestic drone strikes.

A bipartisan group of senators who have agreed on an immigration reform plan said on Monday they hope to move quickly with legislation giving 11 million illegal immigrants a chance to eventually become American citizens.

Republican Todd Akin and incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill debated Medicare, immigration and the national debt on Thursday, but did not discuss Akin's "legitimate rape" remark that drew national attention to their Missouri U.S. Senate race.

Republican Representative Todd Akin on Wednesday dismissed calls from party leaders that he drop out of the Missouri Senate race after his controversial remarks on abortion and rape, saying party officials should not overrule voters.