Democrats Wand to Use Budget Proposal to Legalize Undocumented Immigrants

8/11/21

Immigration

Enable IntenseDebate Comments: 
Enable IntenseDebate Comments

Senate Democrats have launched an ambitious, politically fraught effort to smash through decades of legislative inaction on immigration reform and provide a direct pathway to legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants in America.

If the measures become law, they would reshape the legal landscape for immigrants, potentially providing the biggest overhaul of U.S. immigration statutes since the Reagan administration and fulfilling a key pledge President Joe Biden made during the 2020 campaign.

read more