US Senate advances immigration bill

The Senate advanced historic immigration legislation across the last procedural test Thursday and prepared to vote later in the day to pass the measure offering the prize of US citizenship to millions. The measure would still need to be approved in the House of Representatives where it faces stiff opposition from conservatives.

House Speaker John Boehner has already ruled out taking up the Senate bill and said the Republican-controlled chamber would chart its own version of the legislation with a focus on border security. (AP)