Three Republican congressmen want to force a vote on four immigration bills that would provide legal status to undocumented immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
The discharge petition, filed May 9 by Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), would require the bills to be voted on by the full House without the approval of committees or leadership. The bill with the highest number of votes exceeding 218 would then move on to the Senate.
Curbelo originally was joined on the petition by Reps. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) and Will Hurd (R-Texas). The petition had 15 signatures, all Republicans, by ...
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