It was never a "real" piece of legislation. It was merely campaign strategy.
OTOH, there is a real piece of immigration related legislation in the House. The GOP has a bill to raise the H2B quota, but the dems are holding it hostage as a way of retaliating against the GOP over the SAVE act.
“It was never a “real” piece of legislation. It was merely campaign strategy.”
Initially it was. But now, with the discharge petition, it has a chance(albiet a slim one) of going to the floor for a vote. If people put as much energy into passing the SAVE Act as they did into stopping last summer’s midnight backroom immigration reform bill, it would pass.