Congressional Hispanic Caucus members marched over to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office Thursday demanding their colleagues across the Capitol vote against the short-term spending bill because it doesn’t include a fix for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
The caucus voted unanimously to walk over to Schumer’s office. Chairwoman Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., said Schumer should be whipping Senate Democrats to vote against the continuing resolution to fund the government until Jan. 19. Democrats have felt mounting pressure from immigration activists and progressive groups to pull out all the stops ahead of votes on the year-end spending measure. Only a handful of Senate Democrats have vowed to vote against any continuing resolution that doesn’t include a solution for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which was created by former President Obama.
