On Tuesday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats introduced a new measure for the Dream Act that would provide permanent legal protections and citizenship pathways for the millions of undocumented immigrants known as 'Dreamers' who came to America as children.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats on Tuesday introduced an updated Dream Act that would provide permanent legal protections and a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants known as"Dreamers" who came to America as children.
Pelosi promised in 2018 that if Democrats won the House, they would bring the Dream Act to a floor vote. In 2017, when Republicans rejected a floor vote of the Dream Act, Democrats attempted to force a vote by filing a discharge petition but failed to get enough signatures. President Donald Trump tried to terminate DACA in 2017, but was blocked by a federal appeals court. Separately, Texas and eight other states filed an unsuccessful lawsuit to end the program. The president also tried to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from El Salvador, Sudan, Nicaragua and Haiti but was again blocked by federal court.
"Our bill contains a number of provisions that make it more progressive and pragmatic than previous versions of the Dream Act," Roybal-Allard said."I have seen the pain and fear the Trump administration has had on Dreamers and their families.
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