DREAM Act Portal Forum - View Single Post - House leadership to keep path to citizenship out of Covid relief package

2Face · 02-02-2021, 10:32 AM

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...gration-464607

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not plan to include a pathway to citizenship for undocumented essential workers, Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status recipients as part of an upcoming coronavirus relief package, despite calls from Democrats and immigrant advocates to do so.

The Biden administration has said passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill is a top priority. But Biden officials and Democrats on Capitol Hill recognize that the main objective is progress, so they’ve expressed willingness to support moving parts of reform through Congress in a piecemeal way at the same time that they push a big bill. However, the White House has not weighed in on including legal status into the already massive coronavirus relief package.