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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.
House Democrats to Make First Attempts at Immigration Reform Under Biden By Austin Landis Washington, D.C. UPDATED 9:44 AM ET Mar. 18, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:51 PM ET Mar. 16, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:51 PM EDT Mar. 16, 2021
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House lawmakers will consider the first two proposals for immigration reform under President Joe Biden on Thursday, though it’s unclear how even the narrower measures will get enough Republican support to make it all the way to the president’s desk.
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The House will consider two immigration bills this week in Democrats first attempt at passing reforms under President Biden
The bills, which include popular proposals such as a pathway for migrants who came to the US as children, are seen as a starting point for larger immigration reform
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House to Vote on Bills That Provide Citizenship Path to Illegal Immigrants
The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives is set to vote on two immigration bills that would provide a citizenship path for illegal immigrants and legal status for immigrant farmworkers.
House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters that the House would take up the bills on March 18 after they cleared a procedural hurdle on March 16.
Neither bill was taken up in the Senate when it had a Republican majority. With Democrats now holding narrow control of the upper chamber, they hope to be able to attract some Republican support.