Essential workers among 8 million who could get amnesty in reconciliation bill

The House Judiciary Committee on Monday began considering a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who were essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as Temporary Protected Status holders and illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, as part of their $3.5 trillion go-it-alone “Build Back Better” social programs spending bill.

Democrats estimate that all the immigration provisions together could provide a pathway to citizenship for some 8 million people.