A coalition of House Democrats are reviving efforts to provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants.
A coalition of House Democrats are reviving efforts to provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants.
Six Democrats have reintroduced the “Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929” bill that seeks to update a law created to allow immigrants to apply for permanent residency or a green card. Initially, immigrants had to be in the US before 1921 to qualify, but the law has been updated several times, including in 1986, when the cutoff was moved to before 1972.
“What we’re going to do is look at passing immigration reform that’s very simple, to do it on one page. It’s not thousands of pages, it’s one page: Change the registry date,” bill sponsor Rep. Lou Correa Other sponsors include New York’s Grace Meng and Adriano Espaillat; Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Norma Torres of California; and Jesús “Chuy” García of Illinois.
Six Democrats are reintroducing the “Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929” bill.All six pols said in a statement the bill would affect about 8 million immigrants and that 148 local, regional and national organizations supported the measure,
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