Biden’s Immigration Plan
Biden’s Immigration Plan Would Offer Path to Citizenship For Millions
President Biden’s allies on Capitol Hill formally introduced his immigration overhaul within the House on Thursday morning, making good on his campaign promise to hunt to modernize the nation’s immigration system and supply a path to citizenship for many undocumented Americans.
“We’re here today because last November 80 million Americans voted against Donald Trump and against everything he stood for,” Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, said at a virtual news conference. “They voted to revive common sense, compassion, and competence in our government. And part of that mandate is fixing our immigration system, which is a cornerstone of Trump’s hateful horror show.”
The unveiling puts a spotlight on a high-profile and thorny political issue that Mr. Biden is hoping to deal with , despite the steep political challenges related to moving immigration legislation in Congress.
It comes at a time when the president and Democratic lawmakers are already within the midst of another major legislative undertaking: passing another coronavirus relief package. A planned trip by Mr. Biden to go to a Pfizer vaccine manufacturing facility in Michigan on Thursday was postponed until Friday due to a winter storm within the Washington area.
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