The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 is the immigration reform bill that was introduced in April 2013 by Senator Charles Schumer and co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of seven U.S. senators, including Marco Rubio from Florida. If passed, it would revise immigration laws, allowing for an increase in the number of aliens who could lawfully enter the United States on both a permanent — green cards — and temporary basis — non-immigrant visas. It would also create a process for undocumented immigrants to gain legal status.
This bill has been subject to many criticisms. A study released earlier this month by the Center for Immigration Studies, prophesies that if enacted, the bill would “double [the] annual flow of guest workers” and that, as a consequence, “such large number by definition will displace American workers and the chronically unemployed.” Such a conclusion is short-minded and fundamentally untrue.
