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Durbin and Graham introduce bill to protect 'dreamers'
Source: Washington Post
Durbin and Graham introduce bill to protect ‘dreamers’
By Colby Itkowitz March 26 at 8:01 PM
Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) reintroduced long-stalled legislation Tuesday to create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.
The legal status of “dreamers,” as those immigrants are commonly known, has been a major flash point in the immigration policy debate since President Trump rolled back an Obama-era order protecting them from deportation. He was later blocked by a federal appeals court, but dreamers still live with uncertainty.
Bipartisan support for dreamers extends to 2001, and versions of the Dream Act have been introduced in subsequent years but never passed. Despite its widespread popularity, it has gotten tied up in the broader immigration debate.
“This is a matter of simple American fairness and justice,” Durbin said in a statement.
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By Colby Itkowitz March 26 at 8:01 PM
Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) reintroduced long-stalled legislation Tuesday to create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.
The legal status of “dreamers,” as those immigrants are commonly known, has been a major flash point in the immigration policy debate since President Trump rolled back an Obama-era order protecting them from deportation. He was later blocked by a federal appeals court, but dreamers still live with uncertainty.
Bipartisan support for dreamers extends to 2001, and versions of the Dream Act have been introduced in subsequent years but never passed. Despite its widespread popularity, it has gotten tied up in the broader immigration debate.
“This is a matter of simple American fairness and justice,” Durbin said in a statement.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/durbin-graham-introduce-bill-to-protect-dreamers/2019/03/26/f3e5d140-4ffc-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html
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