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06-13-2018 04:19 PM |
New GOP immigration bill would prevent separation of children and parents at border
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WASHINGTON — The compromise GOP immigration bill currently being crafted in the House will include a provision that says children will not be separated from their parents at the border.
Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., one of the moderate Republicans involved in negotiations over the legislation, said that the provision will be included in the yet-to-be-written text of the measure. A senior GOP aide confirmed the provision to NBC and said that Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., briefed House Republicans last week that it would be included in any bill that’s crafted.
In addition to protecting the 1.8 million Dreamers who came to the U.S. illegally as children, the compromise bill would also eliminate the diversity lottery and include $25 billion for border security, Denham told reporters Wednesday afternoon. He said that leadership is committed to completing the text of the bill this week.
Denham is a member of the group of moderate Republicans who spearheaded a discharge petition that sought to force floor votes on immigration measures. Late Tuesday, moderates reached a deal with conservatives to allow two votes on the House floor next week — one on a compromise immigration bill and one on a conservative bill sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
The House will vote next week on the compromise legislation, along with a conservative immigration bill, as part of the deal worked out Tuesday between moderates and conservatives. As of now, only a general outline of the compromise bill has been completed.
Ryan said Wednesday that the White House is on board with the Hill GOP's decision hold immigration votes next week.
"I said before, the last thing I want to do is bring a bill out of here that I know the president won’t support," Ryan, R-Wis., said at a weekly leadership press conference. "Well, we have been working hand in glove with the administration on this to make sure we are bringing a bill that represents the president’s four pillars so that we can come together."
The speaker told Republicans Wednesday morning that he had spoken to President Trump about the plan, and that the president was excited about it, according a person inside the House GOP conference meeting Wednesday.
“It will protect all Dreamers — those that signed up for DACA, those that did not but were eligible, as well as those that have been aged in,” Denham told reporters earlier Wednesday, after House Republicans met behind closed doors at the Capitol Hill Club.
Ryan said Wednesday that members have agreed to the process that would lead to votes on the two bills next week, but that many of them would "reserve judgment" on the compromise bill until the final text emerged.
Moderates said that legislation would provide “certainty for every Dreamer that’s out there,” said Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Calif., another discharge petition sponsor, after the meeting Wednesday.
While Curbelo and Denham said that the compromise bill would reflect President Trump’s four pillars on immigration — border security, addressing DACA, the diversity visa lottery and family-based migration — both declined to offer additional details beyond the general idea that it would address 1.8 million Dreamers.
“Our goal has been to have a permanent fix for Dreamers given the certainty that they need, address the 1.8 million Dreamers that are out there today and then also give them a pathway forward so they’re not only here, protecting them, but allowing them to work and go to school and signing up for military as well,” said Denham.
Both lawmakers said they are not abandoning the discharge petition, which requires 218 signatures in order to trigger floor votes on a wider range of immigration proposals. On Tuesday night, the moderates fell two signatures short of the threshold, which prevents them from holding a vote this month. If the compromise plan fails next week, moderates could still return to the petition and potentially hold votes next month.
“It’s important for people to remain committed to it, because it’s there if we need it. And we may need it,” said Curbelo.
Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., an ardent Trump supporter who had signed the discharge petition out of frustration about a lack of action on immigration, said that the plan is to include “85 percent” of Republican priorities, including the DACA piece, in the compromise bill in order for the conference to coalesce around it.
In July, the House will address the agriculture piece such as the dairy workers who Collins said are undocumented in his district, an e-Verify program and H-2C year-long visas.
“That will be a separate issue voted on in July,” said Collins, who said that the compromise reached Tuesday is a “mission accomplished” for those who had signed the petition.
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Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...-votes-n882756
Not sure if this was aforementioned, if so please close mods (or delete).
Not sure why this needs to be included in the bills; this shouldn't be happening to begin with. That's some sketch human rights violation that the Nazi's did as they separated families through their raids. |
