National Journal
Dems search for a path forward on immigration
Even as they advance piecemeal bills, Democratic leadership says they’re still trying for a comprehensive solution on immigration.
Fresh off their legislative victory passing a COVID aid package, Democrats are running into the political realities of advancing a thornier part of their agenda: comprehensive immigration reform.
The House is set to vote Thursday on two narrow immigration bills, but an agreement on a broader package remains elusive.
A piecemeal approach may be the only way to make progress in a Congress so narrowly divided and with a Republican Party whose position on immigration has shifted from 2013, when the Senate passed an immigration overhaul that stalled in the House. The issue has compounded over the past weeks as the U.S.-Mexico border has seen a spike in migrant crossings, posing the first immigration crisis for the Biden administration.
HeadlineMar 17, 2021
The debate over the Senate filibuster continues in Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, President Biden said he supports a return to the “talking filibuster,” which requires senators to delay a bill by talking on the Senate floor. Earlier in the day, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell threatened he would go “scorched earth” if Democrats move to eliminate the filibuster, turning the Senate into “a hundred-car pile-up,” and warned Republicans would retaliate with conservative laws if and when they retake the Senate. On Monday, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin took to the floor to call for an end to what he called “legislative rock bottom.”
Mar 17, 2021
In Atlanta, a gunman shot dead eight people at three massage parlors Tuesday evening. Six of the victims were of Asian descent; all but one were women. A 21-year-old white male suspect, Robert Aaron Long, has been taken into custody. Anti-Asian hate crimes have surged since the start of the pandemic. The group Stop AAPI Hate says nearly 4,000 anti-Asian crimes have been reported over the past year. Several cities, including New York, have said they would deploy more police officers to Asian neighborhoods in the wake of the attack, despite many in Asian American communities saying more policing does nothing to fix the underlying issues but contributes to systemic, structural racism.
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