Considering the fact that Democrats are abandoning all hope of getting any Republican support in the Senate for Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, there is a growing movement to throw all sorts of radical proposals into the bill, which is now almost certain to be rammed through Congress using the reconciliation process.
The biggest outrage being proposed by Democrats is giving a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal aliens.
A hundred House Democrats led by the Hispanic Caucus signed a letter to the House leadership asking that "Undocumented essential workers, Dreamers and temporary protected status recipients" be given a path to citizenship in the pandemic relief bill.
"As you continue to work on assembling a COVID-19 reconciliation package and begin work on an economic recovery and jobs package, we urge you to include a pathway to citizenship for essential immigrant workers, Dreamers, and TPS holders, as well as their families," the group of Democrats wrote in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, shared first with POLITICO. "The inclusion of these protections is not just a necessity for economic recovery, it is an issue of economic and racial justice for communities that have been the most vulnerable to the crisis and left out in previous relief packages," they added.
Moderate Democrats might cave if they think the pandemic relief bill may not pass otherwise.
The Biden administration and Democrats on Capitol Hill have said passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill is a top priority for them.
Politico estimates that legalizing "Essential workers," DREAMers, TPS recipients, and their families, would amount to 5 million undocumented workers gaining a pathway to citizenship.
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Dems Smuggle Pathway to Citizenship Into COVID-19 Relief
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