On FOXNews with Hannity, Michele Bachmann basically confirmed that this was all about illegal immigration.
They had to pass it before the new Congress is sworn in. Both Democrats and Republican Establishment types want it in the worst way.
For different reasons obviously. Democrats want a permanent Voting bloc reliant on the government goodies and handouts and the Rockefeller republican wants cheap labor for their big business paymasters.
It’s bipartisan.
American citizens of all stripes get told to go commit and anatomical impossibility.