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Originally Posted by Ianus
This is quite an about face for so many hardline Republicans.Issa,Cantor and Coffman whom I thought would never support a path to citizenship seem to be doing just that.Sigh,the obvious problem is that our advocates and sponsors are part of a Coalition now so might not be willing to push it piecemeal in the House.
It will also be very difficult to ascertain who supports Dream act alone in the House due to their changing positions but I suspect the votes may actually be currently in the House of Representatives amongst the GOP and Democrats for Dream act alone!
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1) Immediate citizenship for Dreamers
2) Immediate regular, unconditional green card for all other undocumented workers
3) Time to naturalization after earning the green card extended to 20 years for both documented and undocumented workers
4) Re-allocate lottery visas and chain migration visas to immediate relatives of family-based immigration
5) STEM green cards allowed
6) A dedicated authority created to manage the Southwest border of the US including Federal, state, and local officers, whose tasks include fence building and receive donations from all over the country for such purpose
7) An entry-exit system
8 ) E-verify
9) Allowing national guards to help the ICE to secure the border
10) Double the existing number of ICE agents