Democrats Eye Legal Path for Some Undocumented Immigrants
- Immigration measure would be part of planned economic package
- 8 Million Dreamers, migrant and ‘essential’ workers targeted
Protesters march in support of H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act, legislation that will provide a path to citizenship for people with temporary protected status, in Washington, D.C. on March 24.
Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/BloombergSenate Democrats plan to seek a way to provide legal status for as many as 8 million undocumented immigrants in a broad economic package they want to pass this year, according to a Senate Democratic aide familiar with the plan.
Democrats are drafting a fiscal blueprint that will kick-start the process by instructing the Senate Judiciary Committee to craft a targeted immigration overhaul bill with a $120 billion federal budgetary impact, the aide said. Those funds might entail making improvements on U.S. ports of entry, clearing out a backlog of visa applications, or other changes, the aide said.