House Democrats propose offering 2 million immigrants the chance to apply for U.S. citizenship

House Democrats presented a broad immigration proposal Tuesday that would allow more than 2 million immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship, including “dreamers” and those with temporary work permits who could soon face deportation under Trump administration policies. The Dream and Promise Act of 2019 comes two months after Democrats took control of the House and a day after the White House announced a budget proposal that would put billions of dollars toward a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and would increase immigration enforcement and border security. The bill would offer green cards and a path to citizenship to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children or teenagers — those known as “dreamers” — and to people now in the country on temporary permits that prevent them from being deported. In announcing the measure, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) invoked President Ronald Reagan, a Republican who signed an immigration amnesty law in 1986. She said it is important to grant citizenship to immigrants who have long lived in the United States and “who are American in every way.” “There should be nothing partisan or political in this legislation,” she said Tuesday. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the House Appropriations subcommittee on homeland security and the lead sponsor of the bill, along with Reps. Nydia M. Velázquez and Yvette D. Clarke, both Democrats from New York, said Pelosi has flagged the legislation as one of her top concerns. 

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