NEW: House passes bill that would grant pathway to citizenship to an estimated 2 million migrants; White House promises veto
1 / 2Congress ImmigrationHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, is applauded after she spoke at an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, regarding the American Dream and Promise Act which offers a pathway to citizenship for those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals , Temporary Protected Status , and Deferred Enforced Departure and similarly situated immigrants who have spent much of their lives in the United States. WASHINGTON — .
As if to underscore the relentlessness and sweep of the immigration fight, the Democratic-led House Appropriations Committee took its own swipe at Trump by unveiling a separate bill that provides no additional money next year for building the president's long-sought barriers along the southwest border. That measure also claws back a portion of the billions of dollars Trump has unilaterally diverted toward constructing portions of his wall.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that more than 2 million people already in the U.S. would get legal status under the House bill. The analysts also said the measure would cost more than $30 billion over the next decade, largely because many migrants attaining legal status would qualify for federal benefits like Medicaid.
Republicans criticized the bill for lacking border security provisions that they and Trump have long demanded as part of any major immigration bill, and said it dangled overly generous provisions that would encourage even more illegal immigration.White House aides sent lawmakers a letter threatening a Trump veto, saying the measure"would incentivize and reward illegal immigration" without"protecting our communities and defending our borders.
Under the House bill,"Dreamers" and immigrants brought to this country illegally when they were age or less could qualify for a decade of conditional legal status if they have been here continually for at least four years. They'd have to meet education and background check requirements, and not have committed felonies or certain misdemeanors, including for domestic violence.
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