Provisions in the Democrats' $1.75 trillion budget reconciliation bill offering legal status to illegal immigrants could fail in the Senate.
The Senate parliamentarian has already ruled that the reconciliation bill could not include provisions granting legal status or citizenship.
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the Congressional Budget Office "Estimates that 6.5 million aliens would receive parole, making them eligible for various tax credits and welfare." In addition, "Within this population, the CBO projects that 3 million aliens will obtain status and a path to U.S. citizenship by virtue of first obtaining parole." Democrats are also seeking to drop the requirement that a child's Social Security number is needed for parents to collect the child tax credit of up to $3,600 per child.
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has criticized the Democrats for including immigration reform provisions in the reconciliation bill after the Senate parliamentarian's ruling in September.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus had advocated for including immigration reform in the legislation.
"We need to keep all the options on the table for immigration, so that when the parliamentarian rules, we will have those options on the table," Washington Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said during the negotiations on the bill earlier this month.
"For us to even be talking about immigration without border security is ludicrous." Manchin also said that if migrants think they can come into the U.S. and "Get all the different benefits that people, the citizens of America get, are entitled to, they're going to continue to come." One no vote from a Democratic senator in the 50-50 Senate could prevent the budget reconciliation bill from moving to President Biden's desk.
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants in Democrats' reconciliation bill could fail in Senate
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