Democrats Introduce Aggressive Immigration Bill

February 19, 2021 in News by RBN Staff

 

Source: Need To Know | MSN

Democrats formally introduced Biden’s sweeping immigration bill that would provide a path to US citizenship for an estimated 11-million illegal immigrants in the country, but which faces long odds to passage. The 353-page pro-immigration bill has not received public support from Republicans, making it unlikely that it will be enacted. Democrats are simultaneously pushing ahead with several smaller-scale immigration bills, including a measure that would offer a path to citizenship to so-called “Dreamer” immigrants living in the United States illegally after entering as children. -GEG

Democrats on Thursday formally introduced President Joe Biden’s sweeping immigration bill in Congress, a measure that would provide a path to U.S. citizenship for an estimated 11 million immigrants in the country illegally, but which faces long odds to passage.

The bill would greatly increase both family-based and employment-based legal immigration and allow certain previously deported immigrants to apply to return for humanitarian reasons. Key elements of the legislation were first unveiled in January.

The 353-page bill takes an aggressive pro-immigration approach. It has not received public support from Republicans, many of whom are still under the sway of former President Donald Trump, an immigration hardliner, making it unlikely that it will be enacted.

Democrats hold a majority in the House of Representatives, but the Senate is split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tie-breaking vote. Democrats would need to win over 10 Senate Republicans to avoid a “filibuster,” a procedural hurdle that can delay or block legislation from coming to a vote.

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