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Moderate leader Jeff Denham says Republicans have pulled off the improbable and reached a tentative immigration deal. Per Deham it includes:
- 8-year citizenship path for DREAMers
- This will apply to "a much larger number" than the 700,000 formally enrolled in the program...
- DREAMers can enroll in the military to get citizenship faster than 8 years.
- These Visa spots will not be new. Will come from "combining" other Visa programs (sounds like they'll take them from the diversity Visa program but this is not confirmed)...
The bizarre catch here is that Denham says this deal was offered by the Freedom Caucus and accepted by moderates. Freedom Caucus chair Mark Meadows told us there was no offer or deal. Soooooo...