The Great Immigration Divide, as Evidenced by Two House Immigration Bills
By Dan Cadman on May 3, 2018
Two items from a recent "Immigration Bill Roundup" (partially behind a paywall) illustrate the great divide confronting our nation where the hot button issue of immigration is concerned. They are:
Legalizing Immigrant Parents, Spouses
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, introduced legislation on April 13 to allow the Department of Homeland Security to grant lawful permanent resident status to the previously deported parents and spouses of U.S. citizens.
Under current statute, noncitizens who attempt to enter the U.S. without authorization, who attempted illegal re-entry or who were deported cannot apply for citizenship in the U.S. Green's bill, which had some 24 co-sponsors, would eliminate those restrictions for spouse
https://cis.org/Cadman/Great-Immigration-Divide-Evidenced-Two-House-Immigration-Bills
