Dems eye path to citizenship for 8 million in economic plan

Senate Democrats will seek a pathway to citizenship for as many as 8 million undocumented immigrants in a broad economic package they want to pass this year, according to a Senate Democratic aide familiar with the plan.

Democrats are drafting a fiscal blueprint that will kick-start the process by instructing the Senate Judiciary Committee to craft a targeted immigration overhaul bill with a US$120 billion federal budgetary impact, the aide said. Those funds might entail making improvements on U.S. ports of entry, clearing out a backlog of visa applications, or other changes, the aide said.

Of the 8 million immigrants that Democrats want to aid in the economic package, 3 million would be young undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers,” migrant workers and some with “temporary protected status” because dangerous conditions present risks if they return to their home countries, the aide said. The other 5 million would be “essential workers” who have yet to be defined.

...The immigration piece is taking on added importance as a few House Democrats say it is key to getting their support on the broader package. Two House Democrats -- Lou Correa of California and Chuy Garcia of Illinois -- say they would oppose the so-called reconciliation package if a pathway to citizenship isn’t in it. A third House Democrat, Jamaal Bowman of New York, tweeted Monday it “must” be in the package, suggesting he also would take a hard line view.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/democrat...plan-1.1633047

8 million is HUGE

Fk

Great! We now have a Blueprint! What an awesome accomplishment by the Dems...Chucky must be thrilled with that effort. He is known to come up with blueprints. Time to pop the champagne!

From reconciliation to "Blueprint" ....great progress! Now off I go to donate to UWD so we can get this blueprint passed...! Yay!

Don’t be excited ! Otherwise there will be followed by huge disappointment ! Just like it always has been for the past 20 years !

Don't tell me what to do. I get excited if I want to

might as well make it all 11 million. Not gonna pass unless they add some major border security

Which ass they pulled the 3 million figure out of? They expected like 2M for DACA, got closer to like 650k. You add the kids that would've aged into the program and you'll maybe get 750k, you add the aged out who'd fall under eDACA and you'll maybe get 1.5M.

Like, which one of you has been reproducing asexually?

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