Kevin McCarthy's trip comes amid a jump in the number of migrants showing up at the border, especially unaccompanied children. Democrats say the GOP lawmakers' visit was a political stunt.
The FCC has 60 days under the new covid relief bill, to set up an Emergency Connectivity Fund of $7.6 billion for computers and broadband service for students and library patrons.
The House this week could also take up the Farm Workforce Modernization Act to help meet a shortage of migrant farm labor, though the bigger hurdle is in the 50-50 Senate where 60-votes are needed to pass most major legislation.
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Democrats, who campaigned on providing a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s illegal immigrants, will take up legislation this week that would offer legal residency and citizenship to millions of “Dreamers" and migrant farmworkers.
Immigration bills get Thursday vote but still face hurdles in becoming law
Legislation addresses dreamers and a pathway to citizenship
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WASHINGTON â Both Monica Camacho Perez and Norma Irene Alvarez, dreamers who we recently met, believe the time for action is now. I was brought here at the age of 7, Perez, a DACA recipient who works in Baltimore s school system, said. I ve been told to go back and dream, Alvarez said from a picnic table in El Paso, Texas.
Even though the women are thousands of miles away from each other, their stories are similar. Both came to the United States as a child by crossing the border illegally.