The bill passed on a near party-line 237-187 vote as supporters in the House visitors' galleries roared, 'Yes we can!'
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, along with other Democratic representatives, speaks to the media about the American Dream and Promise Act on Tuesday.
The bill passed on a near party-line 237-187 vote as supporters in the House visitors' galleries roared,"Yes we can!" and other chants, a rare display of raucous emotion in a chamber where rules require decorum by guests. Seven Republicans from mostly moderate districts were the only lawmakers to cross party lines.
It would also shield others here temporarily because their home countries — chiefly in Central America, Africa and the Middle East — have been ravaged by wars or natural disasters.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.
Greisa Martinez, a DACA recipient and advocacy director of United We Dream, joins lawmakers and supporters of"Dreamers" in Washington on June 15, 2018. The debate occurred as the number of migrants arriving at the border with Mexico has swelled, straining the government's ability to process and detain them. Since Dec. 1, more than 200,000 migrant families have been released into the country, with a huge backlog meaning they will likely be in the U.S. for years until immigration courts decide their fate.
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