The immigration framework being discussed as a potential last-minute deal in the lame duck session would hike Border Patrol pay by 14% and recapture employment visas.
on"America's Newsroom.""This is going to give them a path and it's not automatic. They're going to have to work and maintain those highest standards. And for that, we get a closed border and we shut down the cartels. That seems to me like something worth working on.""In the last year of the Trump administration, we had about a half million illegal crossings. That is manageable for Border Patrol. Now we have over 2 million.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who was the author of the original legislation to provide protection for illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors, released a statement saying he applauds"every good faith effort to give these deserving individuals a path to citizenship. "I’ve been in touch with my colleagues and will carefully review their proposal," he said."I am determined to do everything in my power to help deliver a Christmas Miracle for Dreamers.
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