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UPDATE: Be sure to check out N.Z. Bear's online version of the draft immigration bill which allows for section-by-section comments.

His post explaining his effort is here.

I have spent a lot of my weekend reading the draft bill as was requested by both Jon Kyl and Tony Snow, and not just of me, but of all critics.  Here are the relevant posts in order of their appearance:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

There are so many problems with this bill that it should not be introduced in the Senate absent a period of open hearings on it and the solicitation of expert opinion from various analysts across the ideological spectrum.  Even were it somehow to improbably make its way to the president's desk, if it does so before these problems are aired and confronted, the Congress would be inviting a monumental distrust of the institution.  There is simply too much here to say "Trust us," and move on.   The jam down of such a far reaching measure, drafted in secret and very difficult for laymen much less lawyers to read, is fundamentally inconsistent with how we govern ourselves.

For more crucial background, see Powerline's entry on the McCain-Cornyn shouting match.

And Thinking Right has a focus on one aspect of the law which deals with disabled illegal aliens.