House to Vote on 2 Bills That Provide Citizenship Path to Illegal Immigrants

The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives is set to vote on Thursday on two immigration bills that would provide a citizenship path for illegal immigrants, and legal status for immigrant farmworkers.

House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters that the House would take up the two immigration bills on Thursday after they cleared a procedural hurdle on Tuesday.

The American Dream and Promise Act would offer a pathway to citizenship to those who entered the country illegally as children and are currently living in the United States, also known as "Dreamers." The same bill would also help immigrants in the country who received temporary migration protections.

An estimated 4.4 million illegal immigrants could become eligible for permanent residence if the bill is passed, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

The other immigration bill, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, would provide illegal immigrant agricultural workers a path to legal status, and make the H-2A guestworker program more flexible for employers.

Rep. Tom McClintock, ranking member of the House Judiciary Sub-Committee on Immigration, said on Tuesday that the two bills are "Implicitly promising the next generation, all they have to do is get here and their turn will come."

The two bills each address portions of a larger, radical immigration reform bill that Democrats formally introduced last month in both the House and the Senate with the support of President Joe Biden-the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.
 

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