House passes bill providing path to citizenship for Dreamers

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House passes bill providing path to citizenship for Dreamers
By Rebecca Beitsch - 03/18/21 06:04 PM EDT

House Democrats passed legislation Thursday that would create a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, taking a piecemeal approach to immigration reform as the fate of President Biden’s comprehensive package looks increasingly uncertain.

The Dream and Promise Act, which passed 228-197, would provide certainty to undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children whose ability to go to school, get work and even remain in the country has hung in the balance from administration to administration.

Sponsor Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) called the bill “a major step in ending the veil of fear and uncertainty that has plagued the lives of our Dreamers for far too long.”


But beyond assisting Dreamers, the legislation would also allow those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to apply for citizenship, a group from countries around the world that ranges from those fleeing civil unrest and natural disasters as early as the 1990s to Venezuelans deemed eligible for the status by the Biden administration earlier this month.

In total, the Dream and Promise Act would help naturalize nearly 4.5 million people.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/543891-house-passes-bill-providing-path-to-citizenship-for-dreamers

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House passes two immigration bills that would establish path to citizenship for millions

CNBC by Tucker Higgins 3/18/2021

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/18/house-passes-dream-and-promise-act-setting-up-path-to-citizenship.html

Key Points

•   Lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills that would establish paths to citizenship or legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants, including those brought to the country unlawfully as children and workers in the agriculture sector.

•   A bipartisan deal on immigration — a key priority for the Biden administration — has been complicated by recent events.

•   Republicans have seized on a surge in unaccompanied minors who have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in order to press for harsher immigration enforcement.


Lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills that would establish paths to citizenship or legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants, including those brought to the country unlawfully as children and workers in the agriculture sector.

The legislation was passed largely along partisan lines, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed.

The bills are narrower than the comprehensive immigration package introduced in February with the support of President Joe Biden. Even so, they face an uphill path to passage in the Senate, where 10 Republicans would be required to vote with every Democrat in order to approve them.

A bipartisan deal on immigration — a key priority for the Biden administration — has been complicated by recent events. Republicans have seized on a surge in unaccompanied minors who have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in order to press for harsher immigration enforcement.

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There probably won't even be an attempt to filibuster this in the Senate...