Democrats can’t include a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants in their $3.5 trillion budget proposal, the Senate parliamentarian has ruled
WASHINGTON—The arbiter of Senate procedural rules said Sunday that Democrats’ plan to provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants living in the country illegally couldn’t be included in aThe decision from the office
of Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough said that the plan to legalize a group including young immigrants, farmworkers, essential workers and those living in the U.S. on humanitarian grounds didn’t comply with the chamber’s rules.
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