Bill to Protect Dreamers, Other Immigrants Introduced (1)

House Democrats are taking another stab at legislation protecting young, undocumented immigrants while at the same time expanding those protections to immigrants covered by other programs.

Democratic Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.), Nydia Velazquez (N.Y.), and Yvette Clarke (N.Y.) March 12 introduced the Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6), a measure that would grant lawful status to more than 2 million undocumented immigrants currently facing deportation with the Trump administration’s attempts to end several temporary immigration programs.

The legislation would provide conditional permanent resident status to undocumented immigrants who were 17 or younger when they came to the U.S. ...