That's the same timeline that a negotiating group in the Senate is on.

WSJ: House group nearing deal on immigration bill

"We are closer now than we have been in 25 years for serious immigration reform, " Durbin told reporters Wednesday after he and other Democrats in the Senate negotiating group briefed members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

NPR: AP Source: Senate Plan To Stiffen Border Security

The group is negotiating to buy the vessel used on the service, the MV Claymore.

BBC: Axed ferry reprieved