House Democrats have begun drafting an immigration reform plan which President-elect Joe Biden has signaled he will sign.
Rep. Linda Sanchez has started the process of drafting an immigration reform bill that Democrats are expected to submit as soon as Biden enters the White House, according to a Politico report this week.
The report added that “multiple Hispanic Caucus members” have privately said that a “large number of Democrats would be severely disappointed” if Biden doesn’t push for immigration reform early in his presidency.
Chuck Rocha, former senior adviser to the Bernie Sanders campaign, told Politico that Democrats are in for a “world of hurt” if they don’t pass immigration reform or a pathway to citizenship.
Rep. Sanchez’s office declined to comment on the Politico report.
Biden recently signaled to NBC’s Lester Holt that he is ready to support such a bill and grant citizenship to the tens of millions of illegal immigrants currently in the U.S.
“I will send an immigration bill to the United States Senate with a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented people in America.”@JoeBiden pledges to create a pathway to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants in the United States. pic.twitter.com/1iR187XDSu
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) November 25, 2020
Biden is also reportedly planning to reverse many if not all of President Trump’s executive orders on immigration while also implementing a 100-day moratorium on deportations.
