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  • Historic immigration reform included in House-passed spending bill

    11/19/2021 7:50:48 PM PST · by blueplum · 11 replies
    The HIll ^ | 19 November 2021 | RAFAEL BERNAL AND REBECCA BEITSCH
    The social spending bill approved by the House Friday in a 220-213 vote includes the most extensive immigration reform package reviewed by Congress in 35 years, albeit in a much reduced version from what proponents originally sought. If the provision is approved by the Senate as-is, the immigration measure in the bill would allow undocumented people present in the U.S. since before 2011 up to 10 years of work authorization, falling short of an initial goal to offer them a pathway to citizenship. The provision approved by the House offers a sort of waiver to immigration laws, using a process...