There's now 'zero' chance for a comprehensive bill this Congress, one key senator said. But the party has some smaller ideas to fall back on.
The Democratic Party is consumed by border politics right now — just not the kind it wanted to tackle when it claimed Congress and the White House. And the prospects of comprehensive immigration reform this year?, a lead sponsor of President Joe Biden’s signature immigration bill.
But the current deportation muddle has distracted the Capitol — and left some immigration advocates lamenting that the interruption to fixing a broken system will have repercussions for Democrats in the midterms. “Thirty-eight percent of Latinos voted for [Donald] Trump in this last election. You come home empty-handed, I don’t think it’s going to help the situation,” Correa said.
But the temporary restraining order issued last week blocks the Biden administration from lifting Title 42 until the middle of the month, at which point a longer-term injunction is likely. Immigrant advocates and legal experts expect it to reach the Supreme Court, as did another Biden attempt to undo the immigration policies of his predecessor.
Meanwhile, the Senate’s nonpartisan rules referee has repeatedly blocked congressional Democrats’ efforts to move immigration reform without GOP votes. And after Biden’s own campaign promise to deliver reform, including a pathway to citizenship, many lawmakers and advocates are bracing for consequences at the ballot box.over Title 42 — on top of the lack of legislative progress — will likely worsen the blow, those Democrats say.
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