Originally Posted by cmeow

Why look at republican votes? They'll all vote no (except maybe one or two), regardless of what's in the bill. They don't want dems to get an infrastructure bill through because they want credit for that. Remember Trump's infrastructure week? If dems can get 60 votes on infrastructure they should add DACA to that because it would be the normal process to pass a bill, but then again adding DACA gives republicans the excuse to not pass anything for the reasons stated above. It's a small possibility but I'd keep an eye on it. If the infrastructure bill gets 65+ votes, adding DACA + TPS might be possible. If it's split along party lines, I don't think immigration will be added because the bill probably will not pass.

There's a nuclear option on the table and that's to remove the filibuster. Something Trump wanted McConnell to do but he refused. Dems would pass voting rights bill, infrastructure bill, and immigration bill. Will they go that route? I doubt it as even Trump & McConnell didn't do that. And in the future, it only takes 50 votes to pass any bill so they can "undo" certain bills with just 50 votes.

So you're either trying to get at least 10 republican votes (Don't think that's going to happen, try to naming those 10 republican senators), or you go with budget reconciliation which has to be budget related and somehow tie that to immigration. As someone mentioned previously it could be challenged in Court with a 6-3 conservative majority in SC.

It's funny some people say yeah taking away DACA puts pressure on Congress to pass something that's permanent but ignore that if you put immigration in budget reconciliation it can be challenged in Court just like DACA if they can even do it and it takes 50 votes to write another budget reconciliation bill that can "undo" the previous budget reconciliation bill.

You want certainty?
Find at least 10 republican senators that will vote for a bill with DACA in it. Even Lindsey Graham is calling it amnesty and threatened to not be in DC for the vote, someone who worked with Durbin for a long time on DACA.

And to those who say dems are trying to get latino votes in 2022 - Latinos went republican by a wide margin in 2020, more than any minority group. Dems trying to use DACA as an issue for latinos did not work. DACA isn't an important issue for voting latinos, that's just the reality. I mean if you could vote, how much do you care about TPS people getting citizenship? I'd imagine small to none and would not affect which party you vote for. That's what DACA is to most people, including latino voters. Don't be so surprised it isn't democrat's primary goal and don't be surprised that latinos voters do not care enough about DACA. It is a terrible strategy for democrats will rely on DACA to get hispanic votes in 2022. Will they mention it? Sure, but it will not change voters' minds. It's so partisan right now you really need super-majority in both chambers and Congress plus the white house to pass anything without having to use backdoors like budget reconciliation.