House Dems propose bill to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants | Fox News
By: Adam Shaw (Fox News)
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A group of House Democrats is reviving an effort to give a pathway to citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants who are already in the U.S. by updating a nearly century-old registry to allow for their statuses to be adjusted.
Six Democrats this week reintroduced the Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929. The bill would update a status adjustment process — commonly known as the registry — that allows for those in the country illegally before a certain date to have their status regularized.
The registry was last updated in 1986 and at that time allowed for illegal immigrants who had been in the country continuously since 1972 to have their status adjusted and obtain a green card, which in turn would allow them to apply for U.S. citizenship.
The Democrats introducing the bill — Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Norma Torres, D-Calif., Lou Correa, D-Calif., Grace Meng, D-NY, Adriano Espaillat, D-NY, and Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, D-Ill. — said it would affect approximately eight million immigrants, a population greater than the state of Arizona. In a press release, the Democrats said that 148 local, regional and national organizations supported the measure.
Lofgren, the lead sponsor on the bill, took a shot at Republicans for "political stunts" on immigration and the border.
"While the extreme MAGA Republicans make dozens of trips to the border and perform other political stunts, my colleagues and I are once again focusing on immigration action by reintroducing this commonsense registry legislation that is simply an update of the law that was first put in place in 1929," she said.
"As our predecessors in the 70th Congress understood, providing stability to those who are of good character and who have resided here for a significant period of time is good for America. Updating this historically bipartisan provision to provide lawful permanent resident status to vetted immigrants who have been a part of our communities for years will make our country stronger," she said. "Updating this historically bipartisan provision to provide lawful permanent resident status to vetted immigrants who have been a part of our communities for years will make our country stronger."
"It's no secret immigrants built our nation - and those who came to the United States years ago in search of a better life and have set down roots here deserve a chance at permanent residence," Rep. Espaillat said. "There are currently millions of immigrants living in legal limbo who face an uncertain future regarding their residency status. Our bill will provide them with a pathway toward citizenship allowing roughly eight million immigrants who have been residing in the U.S. for at least seven years, a chance to obtain their green cards through registry."
Democrats have previously made a number of attempts to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, including a registry update attempt, but so far they have been thwarted.
The Biden administration and congressional Democrats introduced a sweeping immigration bill in early 2021, which included a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants already in the country.
When that bill failed to pick up any Republican support, Democrats attempted to get a number of forms of amnesty through via the budget reconciliation process later in the year. One of those attempts included an update to the registry. All the options were rejected by the Senate parliamentarian as inappropriate for a budget bill. The effort eventually fell apart after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-Va., withdrew his support.
But the push for legalization for illegal immigrants has continued, including with calls from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden — who made an appeal at the State of the Union address last month.
"America's border problems won't be fixed until Congress acts. If we won't pass my comprehensive immigration reform, at least pass my plan to provide the equipment and officers to secure the border. And a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, those on temporary status, farmworkers, and essential workers," Biden said.
Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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Well that is one way to make sure everyone at the Tyson family chicken ranch is legal.
Quite simply this is the Democrats trying to reenergize the illegal immigration surge by ringing the dinner bell again.
The system isn't overwhelmed yet; they need even larger numbers of illegals headed into the country.
Their plan to nationalize federal elections. To make population density more important than US voters. Failed.
Their immigration reform attempts have failed.
Time for Republicans to introduce a bill requiring that our borders and immigration laws be enforced to the letter; and any failure to do so will result in immediate criminal charges, removal from office, and removal of all pay and future benefits. Next they need to get off their asses and get Mayorkas to testify; and subpoena Brandon the Human Fuck Up Machine. Impeachment proceeding against both can be started. Especially if Brandon refuses to testify.
Dead. And those pushing it are idiots.
That’s how you keep the surge at the border going, keep promising rewards to law breakers.
Apparently, violating our immigration laws by sneaking into the country and/or remaining illegally = “good character.”
Bonus effect: It gives a giant middle finger to the millions of people waiting as much as 23 years to enter the US legally . Bunch o’ suckers!
It’s also no secret that the great bulk of them did not violate US law to do it. Guess that’s not important anymore.
It’s also no secret that the nation had to be built when there weren’t a lot of people filling the space. Now, the United States is the 3rd most populated country on the planet. We don’t actually need more people the way we once did.
It’s also no secret that the United States has to pay for the world’s largest military and an extensive system of social welfare programs that are extremely expensive - neither of which it had during earlier generations of mass immigration.
But for some reason, these facts never make it into the speeches.