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Western Congressman Dan Newhouse says the key to getting this bill on to the President’s desk… is gathering enough bipartisan support in the Senate.
Big plans to overhaul the immigration system have stalled yet again. So farmers and other groups are looking to the lame duck session and hoping that more modest proposals can find bipartisan support.
Immigration bills get Thursday vote but still face hurdles in becoming law Legislation addresses dreamers and a pathway to citizenship and last updated 2021-03-16 16:05:11-04 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 s...
POLITICO Get the POLITICO Nightly newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by PL+US and Paid Leave For All With help from Renuka Rayasam and Tyler Weyant LATEST FROM THE HILL — As of 7:55 p.m., the Senate clerk is 254 pages into reading the 628 pages of the Senate Covid bill, thanks to Ron Johnson’s ...
Dozens of congressional leaders signed a letter urging the USDA to prioritize funding for farmworker safety. Credit: Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian Two farmworkers sit at the end of strawberry field rows for their lunch break in Watsonville. Author: Kate Cimini | CalMatters Updated: 12:43 PM PST January 14, 2021 SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Farmworkers lost out on up to $1.5 billion in grants and loans for COVID-19 safety needs after the USDA committed funds earmarked as such for a food box program. The USDA announced on Jan. 4 that it plan...