Nicholas Stix, Uncensored: News Alert: Democrats Make Case to Senate Parliamentarian for 8 Million Green Cards

Friday, September 10, 2021

News Alert: Democrats Make Case to Senate Parliamentarian for 8 Million Green Cards

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Democrats Make Case to Senate Parliamentarian for 8 Million Green Cards

Democrats' long-held hopes for providing a path to legal status for millions of [illegal] immigrants is now in the hands of a little-known figure: The Senate parliamentarian.

Democrats pitched Elizabeth MacDonough, a nonpartisan [sic] referee, Friday on their plan to provide permanent legal status, which paves the way for a path to citizenship, for 8 million immigrants, including Dreamers, temporary protected status (TPS) holders, agricultural and other essential [sic] workers.

After struggling for years to get a deal on immigration reform [sic], and with President Biden's sweeping comprehensive plan stalled on Capitol Hill, Democrats are ready to go it alone by including their smaller plan in a sweeping $3.5 trillion social spending bill they hope to pass as soon as this month.

But first, they'll need to convince MacDonough, a former immigration lawyer who has jettisoned key priorities for both parties in budget reconciliation measures in recent years.

[N.S.: A "former immigration lawyer"?]

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