Immigration advocates view the bill as the best chance to do something to show immigrant communities aligned with the party that their concerns are being taken seriously.
Democrats who have been frustrated by the lack of progress on making sweeping changes to the immigration system are warning party leaders that Congress needs to include something in President Biden’s signature domestic policy package for the immigrant communities it has promised to help and is counting on to show up in big numbers in the 2022 midterm elections.
“If immigration were excluded from the Build Back Better bill, it would be devastating. It would cause a tremendous uproar in the immigrant community, certainly in my district,” said Rep. Jesús “Chuy” Garcia , referring to the Democrats name for Biden’s proposal. “Many people would see it as a slap in the face, and it would have tremendous consequences for the future.
The arbiter of Senate rules, the parliamentarian, has already shot down two Democratic attempts to include immigration provisions in the reconciliation package, arguing they do not comply with the rules because their main purpose is not spending or taxation. The current legislative language includes provisions that would move the registry deadline from 1972 to 2010, allowing undocumented immigrants who have come to the United States in that time frame to apply for a green card. But that is looked upon skeptically by vulnerable Democrats who foresee the Senate stripping out the provision given that the parliamentarian has evoked concerns over whether it could be included in the bill.
Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, an immigrant organization based in California, said the Congressional Hispanic Caucus should stop “acquiescing to the idea” that immigration can be put off. Hispanic members recognize the difficulty their colleagues face but remind them that they have already voted in support of pathways to citizenship that passed with Republican support earlier this year.“We have already voted on legislation to provide a path to citizenship for Dreamers, for TPS holders, for farmworkers. So if in the end, we get something similar to that, we’ve already supported that, all of us in the Congress,” said Rep. Veronica Escobar .
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