Bill reforming immigration expected to be completed this week

A bill to overhaul the US immigration system would likely be completed by the end of this week, senators said yesterday.

New York Democrat senator Charles Schumer said senators in the bipartisan “group of eight” have resolved all major issues in a pending deal and their staffs are putting the bill into legislative language.

“All of us have said that there’ll be no deal until the eight of us agree to a big, specific bill, but hopefully we can get that done by the end of the week,” Schumer said.