Byron York’s Daily Memo: How the Biden immigration bill could pass

Published February 19, 2021 4:20pm ET



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HOW THE BIDEN IMMIGRATION BILL COULD PASS. House and Senate Democrats unveiled their version of the Biden immigration reform bill on Thursday. Some commentators have declared it dead, since the Senate, not having killed the legislative filibuster, would require 60 votes for passage. But the last time the Senate made a big immigration reform effort, with the Gang of Eight in 2013, the bill passed with 68 votes. It received the support of all 54 Democrats and 14 Republicans — about one-third of the Senate’s GOP conference at the time.

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