(Bloomberg) — Senator Orrin Hatch reached an agreement with Democrats on changes to a high-skilled visa program, clearing an impediment to Republican support for legislation revising U.S. immigration law.
“There were several things that he proposed that were absolutely unacceptable; we tried to find those things that were acceptable and to build upon them, and I think we’ve reached a reasonable compromise,” says Illinois Senator Richard Durbin, the chamber’s second-ranking Democrat and a co-author of the immigration proposal.
