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    House Passes 2 Bills Aimed At Overhauling The Immigration System

    The bills, which have an uncertain path in the Senate, would create a process for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to earn permanent resident status and eventual citizenship.
    by Barbara Sprunt Mar 18, 2021 4 minutes
    An installation erected near the U.S. Capitol showcases support for the American Dream and Promise Act and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act on March 17, 2021.

    The House has overwhelmingly passed a pair of immigration bills that offer a targeted approach to amending the immigration system but have an uncertain future when it comes to passage in the Senate.

    The American Dream and Promise Act, which previously passed in the House in 2019, would create a process for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children — otherwise known as "DREAMers" — to earn permanent resident status and eventual citizenship. It also includes a path to citizenship for people with temporary protected status and beneficiaries of deferred enforced departure. It passed by a vote of 228-197.

    "Millions in this country live in fear, holding their breaths every day, that they could be deported to faraway lands that are not their homes,"

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