McCain, Coons to introduce new immigration bill that omits border wall funding: repor

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3...r-wall-funding

Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) will introduce immigration legislation on Monday in an effort to reach a budget deal before the federal government's current funding runs out on Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The bipartisan piece of legislation provides recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, typically known as "Dreamers," an opportunity for citizenship while ordering a study to figure out what border security measures are needed, according to the Journal.

DACA aimed to protect from deportation certain young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally when they were children.

Senate aides told the Journal that the plan would provide people who have resided in the U.S. since Dec. 31, 2014, with legal status and a path to citizenship.

The Journal reported that the legislation is similar to House legislation introduced by Reps. Will Hurd (R-Tx.) and Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.).
“It’s time we end the gridlock so we can quickly move on to completing a long-term budget agreement that provides our men and women in uniform the support they deserve,” McCain said in a statement to The Journal on Sunday.

“While reaching a deal cannot come soon enough for America’s service members, the current political reality demands bipartisan cooperation to address the impending expiration of the DACA program and secure the southern border,” he continued.

However, the legislation reportedly does not contain immediate funding for the U.S. southern border wall, which was one of President Trump's key demands, and is likely to draw the ire of some Republicans.

The plan would also provide more people with a path to citizenship and legal status than Trump's original plan did.

The White House announced last month that the president would endorse a path to citizenship for as many as 1.8 million young immigrants to seek U.S. citizenship in an immigration plan in exchange for border wall funding and sweeping changes to the immigration system.

The federal government shut down for three days in January after Senate Republicans and Democrats were unable to reach a deal on a government spending bill.

Democrats said they would not support the measure because it did not include a solution to DACA, which Trump moved to end last year.

The Hill has reached out to the offices of McCain and Coons for comment.

This is actually more liberal than any Democratic proposal. lmfao

I predict something will happen by March 5th.

That is given seeing as Trump's "unified GOP" are fighting for survival. Some of them really forget sometimes that a big factor of 2016 was 43% of America did not vote.

Dead on arrival
#TrumpsDreamers

Now even Coons wants his name in the action.

Without immediate border funds this is Dead already. But it's good seeing DA type bills being introduced and not Goodlatte.

The bipartisan Senate bill also orders a comprehensive study to determine border-security measures to implement. It would provide a $110 million annual grant for five years to improve coordination between border-patrol agents and state and local law-enforcement officials.

It would call for hiring 55 new immigration court judges annually for three years, to clear a backlog of asylum cases. And it would order the State Department to provide a three-year strategy to help Central American countries address the causes of illegal immigration to the U.S., such as drug and gang violence.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jo...rticle/2648079

How is this more liberal than a clean Dream Act?

My bad I meant to limit scope to Bipartisan deals.

Democrats are gods. There, are you happy now?

yup Democrats are our allies indeed, they gave us DACA. we DACA folks have a reason to be thankful to Dems.

while IamAman been living here for a half century, what has the Democrats given him?