House will vote this week to extend a path to citizenship for DREAMers amid crush of childhood arrivals at the border
The House of Representatives will take up two immigration-related bills this week including one that will give so-called 'DREAMers' a path to citizenship
The second bill would provide a pathway to citizenship for farm workers who are living in the country illegally
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did a whip count earlier this month and found President Joe Biden's bigger immigration package didn't have the votes
The House could take up that bill in April, but until then House Democrats will pass these two bills, which also got through the House during the last Congress
In the Senate, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin and GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced their version of the DREAM Act
So far, there aren't 60 votes in the Senate for passage, as Republicans make immigration a top issue to hit the new Biden administration
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is leading a group to the border Monday to highlight the turmoil caused by a rise in unaccompanied children crossing
By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 11:36 EDT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 13:14 EDT, 15 March 2021
The House of Representatives will take up two immigration-related bills this week including one that will give so-called 'DREAMers' a path to citizenship.
The second bill would provide a pathway to citizenship for farm workers who are living in the country illegally.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to embrace a piecemeal approach to getting immigration legislation through after taking a whip count earlier this month and discovering President Joe Biden's larger immigration package didn't have the votes.
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