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The good news? A deal on immigration has finally been reached by a group of Democrat and Republican negotiators in the House.

Bad news? Details are mad murky and nobody is really sure if the deal will hurt more than it helps.

News coming from Washington yesterday confirms that the bipartisan group did reach an “agreement principle” on comprehensive immigration reform legislation. But House reps are mum about the specifics, only mentioning that there will be a lot of differences from the Senate version.

“There are going to be a lot of differences in a lot of areas” from the Senate bill, Diaz-Balart said.

Told you, that’s all they said.

But on the bright side, this deal could mark the first positive thing to happen to the Obama administration in a week that was riddled with scandal and confusion.

The agreement represents a major development for one of President Obama’s top second term priorities. The group of eight lawmakers has met in secret for more than four years to craft a broad immigration proposal, but they had stumbled in recent weeks over a guest worker program and the treatment of immigrants under the 2010 healthcare law.

But on a downside, when the House says there will be a lot of differences, what they really mean is that Republicans have changed shit up quite a bit.

The House bill is expected to be more conservative than the Senate proposal, owing in large part to the fact that Republicans control the lower chamber. People briefed on the negotiations have said the path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the House proposal would be at least two years longer than the minimum of 13 for most immigrants in the Senate bill.

Want to know more about the immigration deal with no details? Read about it here.

SOURCE: The Hill