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cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts) Mon Mar 15, 2021, 05:39 PM Mar 2021

Editorial: Congress must seize the moment to provide legal status for Dreamers and TPS holders

Now for the politics. With Democrats in charge of the House and in control of the tie-breaking vote in the Senate, and with a Democratic president, this may be a unique moment to finally push through legislation that would provide legal status for the Dreamers and for long-term TPS recipients. To that end, bills to give Dreamers and TPS recipients a path to citizenship have been introduced in both houses.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-03-09/congress-legal-status-dreamers-tps