House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a new version of the Dream Act amid renewed debate over border security funding.
It’s the latest iteration of a proposal that’s received varying degrees of bipartisan support since 2001, but has never managed to make it past both chambers.
The bill’s proponents say that this time they aim to get it signed into law by President Trump, or at least past the Senate and onto Trump’s desk.
The proposal includes a path to citizenship for many Dreamers — undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors — and beneficiaries of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) programs, but it does not include any provisions on border security or immigration enforcement funding.
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