Immigration bill still has long way to go to satisfy GOP, expert says

The U.S. Senate voted 82-15 on Tuesday afternoon to proceed with debate on the long-awaited “Gang of Eight”-sponsored immigration reform bill, setting up a long and heated fight over how to move forward with the 11 million immigrants living illegally in the country.

Host Carmen Russell-Sluchansky spoke with Peggy Orchowski, a congressional correspondent for Hispanic Outlook and author of “Immigration and the American Dream: Battling the Political Hype and Hysteria,” to discuss the story.

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Carmen is a multimedia journalist based in Washington, DC whose work has appeared in a variety of outlets including National Geographic, NBC News, the BBC, Asia! Magazine, The China Post, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel.