Their proposal, which mirrors previous legislation that failed to pass Congress multiple times, would grant legal status and a path to citizenship to Dreamers if they were longtime residents of the US. The measure, which would have granted a path to citizenship for the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US, overwhelmingly passed the Senate but died amid steep opposition from conservatives in the Republican-led House of Representatives. The 2017 Dream Act, likes its predecessors, focuses on those undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children. More than 720,000 young immigrants have been approved under the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as Daca. But he said Republican senators have privately told him they are open to finding common ground on the question of Dreamers.

Source: The Guardian July 20, 2017 20:57 UTC