The following article by Dean DeChiaro was posted on the Roll Call website December 8, 2017:
Democratic lawmakers and even some Republicans have concerns
Senate Democrats and even some Republicans are panning a GOP bill designed to protect undocumented young people and toughen immigration laws because it would not offer the so-called Dreamers a path to citizenship.
The bill, introduced this week by Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley and Majority Whip John Cornyn, would offer Dreamers enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, three years of protected status in return for enhanced border security, a crackdown on “sanctuary” cities and other GOP immigration priorities. Continue reading “Senate GOP’s Immigration Bill Without Path to Citizenship Panned”