President Biden’s plan to pass a comprehensive immigration overhaul is being faced in Congress, which has emerged over the past few years as a legislative black hole for reform efforts.
Biden, as one of its first legislative proposals, outlined a comprehensive bill that would provide roads to citizenship to 11 million undocumented immigrants, strengthen refugee protection, and include new technologies along the border.
Democrats acknowledge that a slim majority in the House and the need for GOP support in the Senate are likely to determine what immigration proposals, if any, could pass Congress and make it Biden’s desk.
“There are some things I think are likely to be included, and some things that can be achieved too much,” Senate Majority Whip said. Dick Durbin
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Instead, Durbin plans to start with a smaller edition that already has dual support – the so-called dreamers – when he and sen. Lindsey Graham
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The bill is expected to reflect the legislation they previously proposed, which extended permanent residency and eventual citizenship to immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children who meet certain requirements for work and education.
Durbin said he sees the two-party benchmark as the starting point for larger negotiations on a bill that could get 60 votes in the Senate, the amount needed to overcome a filibuster. If every Democrat were to vote for an immigration bill, he would still need the support of 10 IDP senators to move forward.
‘It will be our starting point to build support and consider any additions to it. This is a difficult area, “said Durbin.
Meanwhile, the Sen. Robert Menendez
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“I know from time to time in the gang of eight that immigration reform by the Senate is a Herculean task in particular,” Menendez, who was part of the 2013 effort to pass a comprehensive overhaul, said during an event said with immigration reformers.
Agreement on immigration has eluded Congress for years. Although members on both sides of the aisle say they want a deal, they do not agree on exactly what it should look like.
In 2013, the Senate passed a 68-vote immigration reform bill that included a 13-year path to citizenship. The measure eventually got stuck in the IDP-controlled House.
Of the IDP senators who supported the bill, only Sens. Susan Collins
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The signing of an immigration agreement has since become more politically charged, mainly due to former President Trump
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In 2018, Trump briefly opened the door to a path to citizenship for dreamers in exchange for $ 25 billion for his border wall. But it quickly unraveled when his government reviewed the offer by reducing legal immigration. The Senate finally rejected four immigration plans in mid-February that year.
After Democrats regained control of the House in 2019, they passed immigration legislation dealing with the Defered Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), but it has a dead end in the IDP. controlled Senate hit.
Republicans endorsed Biden’s immigration proposal, emphasizing that without ignoring the legislative filibuster by 60 votes, something Democrats currently do not have the votes to do, it is likely to go nowhere fast in a 50-50 Senate.
“The new administration has also outlined a proposal for amnesty that will promote the enforcement of US laws while creating enormous new incentives for people to rush here illegally. This kind of failed approach will invite another humanitarian crisis to our border. , “said Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell
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Asked about Biden’s proposal, Graham said in a telephone interview with The Hill that it would require broad, comprehensive immigration reform, and “I just do not see the scope for doing so.”
Advocates of Biden and Immigration have approved it to break up the package if it is easier to get it through a Congress with a narrow margin.
Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center and former co-chair of the Biden-Sanders unit team, said she partially supported the implementation of Biden’s legislation and suggested that a bill providing protection for essential workers could progress through the reconciliation process. , which requires only a simple majority for passage.
‘We are in favor of getting as much relief as possible for immigrant families at the moment. ‘If the best and fastest way to do that is through different legislative vehicles, then it is absolutely supportive of it,’ she said.
But getting smaller is still filled with potential threads for Republicans.
Graham said he sees his DREAM Act bill with Durbin as a starting point for negotiations that should eventually include border security elements and address the underlying causes of immigration. If they could not get a bigger deal, Graham said, he would not support the adoption of a stand-alone DREAM law, nor would he think ten Republicans would support it.
“I’m sympathetic to the dream population,” Graham said, adding that legislation should be done in a way that also does not increase incentives for more illegal immigration.
He added that his bill with Durbin ‘is a good place to start the discussion and build a compromise that will be beneficial to the dreamer and will not encourage a third wave of illegal immigration.’
Other Republicans warn Durbin not to try to go too wide, predicting that it will only lead to a stalemate for legislation that already has a great chance. Durbin pointed to DACA and TPS as its top priorities.
“He better start with something smaller like DACA,” Sen said. Chuck Grassley
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Asked about combining DACA with TPS, Grassley said he would prefer to focus only on the first issue, but even combining the two would have a much better chance of getting it done than that it was comprehensive. would be ‘
Sen. John Cornyn
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However, Cornyn also seemed skeptical about the combination with temporary protection.
“Now there you are going to add other things,” he said. ‘I think that’s the problem; you have to take it one by one. ‘
Morgan Chalfant contributed.