Could Democrats pack a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants into a COVID-19 aid bill?

Published February 1, 2021 7:53pm ET



House Democrats want the next round of coronavirus aid to include citizenship for 5 million illegal immigrants who are considered to be among the pandemic’s “essential” workforce.

A group of 100 House Democrats sent their leadership a request to include the language in a budget resolution that would pave the way for the Senate to use a tactic called reconciliation to pass the bill with only 51 votes instead of the usual 60 votes.

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