Would these be the same illegals VP Trump** and the GOP want here? So work here 2 years illegally and get your citizenship - what happened to all the proper channels bullsheot the right spouted ?
just asking for a conservative friend
Conservatives who often fear associating themselves with legislation to expand legal immigration showed significant support Wednesday for a House bill that would do just that.
Thirty-four House Republicans joined all but three Democrats in voting for legislation that would allow undocumented agriculture workers to obtain legal status. Republican supporters hope the bipartisan vote will show there is some appetite within the GOP to tackle what has become one of the thorniest and most divisive issues for the party.
“It shows there is a truly critical need in agriculture throughout the United States to have a legal workforce and an adequate supply of legal labor,” said Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., of the significance of the 260-165 vote.
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which Newhouse helped negotiate, would provide a pathway to legal status for undocumented immigrants who have worked in the farm and agriculture industry for at least two years and plan to continue in that sector.
It also would make changes to the H2-A visa program, which farmers use to hire foreign nationals for seasonal work, to make it easier for employers to fill crucial workforce gaps while providing more protections for the workers themselves.
Republican supporters of the legislation are now hopeful the bipartisan victory will put some pressure on the GOP-controlled Senate to also consider and approve the legislation and then have the president sign it into law.
That won’t be easy. Congress has been unable to pass a bill making sweeping changes to immigration laws since 1986 and a
senior White House official signaled in October the administration was unlikely to back this particular bill.
Republicans have typically been afraid to support legislation expanding legal immigration, fearful they’ll be accused of backing “amnesty” by vocal and influential anti-immigration activists. In the Senate, where Republicans are worried about holding their majority in 2020, these anxieties are exacerbated.
President Donald Trump’s own hardline stance on immigration has made it difficult for advocates of expanding legal immigration to make headway, even as he also has sent
mixed signals about his interests in overhauling the system.
But Newhouse insisted the White House hasn’t shut the door on the bill entirely.
“The president has indicated strong support for doing something in this area,” said Newhouse. “I talked to him personally a couple of weeks ago and he was very supportive of the general idea.”
Newhouse also told McClatchy he had spoken to Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, who has been working for months on an immigration overhaul proposal.
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