Senators Push Trimmed-Down Immigration Plan to Break Stalemate

Feb. 14, 2018, 6:01 PM UTC

A bipartisan Senate group tentatively agreed on a trimmed-down immigration proposal Feb. 14 that would allow citizenship for young undocumented immigrants and provide $25 billion for a border wall without meeting White House demands for cuts in family migration and an end to a diversity visa lottery.

“You’re down to what most Americans would cheer: strong border security and fair treatment of 1.8 million DACA population,” Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said, referring to the young immigrants. “It would be a two-pillar bill.”

Second-ranking Senate Republican John Cornyn said that proposal is among four that are likely to ...

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