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Democrats consider piecemeal approach to immigration reform
Read full article: Democrats consider piecemeal approach to immigration reform(AP Photo/Christian Chavez)WASHINGTON ā After decades of failed attempts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation, congressional Democrats and President Joe Biden are signaling openness to a piece-by-piece approach. They unveiled a broad bill Thursday that would provide an eight-year pathway to citizenship for 11 million people living in the country without legal status. āEven though I support full, comprehensive immigration reform, Iām ready to move on piecemeal, because I donāt want to end up with good intentions on my hands and not have anything,ā said Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin has said that any final Senate bill likely āwill not reach the same levelsā as Bidenās proposal. AdIndeed, comprehensive bills negotiated by bipartisan teams of lawmakers failed multiple times during Republican George W. Bushās administration and again in 2013 during Democrat Barack Obama's.