Immigration Alternatives Lined Up if Democrats’ ‘Plan B’ Fails

Democrats are weighing substitute immigration measures that don’t offer permanent residence in a sweeping social spending package if their latest preferred back-up plan falls short.

Senate leaders, strategizing after a Senate rules official last week rejected their initial proposal to offer a broad legalization path for millions of immigrants, are already looking at updating a registry provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow some foreigners in the U.S. to apply for green cards and gain protection from deportation.

Democrats Offer ‘Plan B’ Immigration Overhaul for Economic Plan

“If not that, then other options that don’t provide permanent residence ...