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June 22 (Bloomberg) — Procedural snares and “killer” amendments threaten to disrupt the fragile coalition in the Senate that’s holding together the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. immigration policy since 1986. Supporters are scrambling to address the legislative obstacles before debate resumes next week. Opponents plan to try to derail the legislation by using procedural delays and offering poison-pill amendments that may split the coalition which sustains the measure.

Passage of the legislation would give 12 million undocumented immigrants a chance at legal status while handing President George W. Bush a victory on his top domestic priority.

“This is a delicate balance. The wheels could come off,” said Mississippi Senator Trent Lott, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican. To get the measure back on the Senate’s agenda after it was temporarily shelved earlier this month, lawmakers agreed to hold votes on two dozen amendments proposed by both Republicans and Democrats. The list includes some amendments whose passage might doom the legislation.

“It won’t take much for this to come crashing down,” said Frank Sharry, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, a Washington group that backs the legislation. “Every day we wake up trying to figure out how we’re going to navigate.”

By James Rowley and Nicholas Johnston

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