They then voted 247-174 for a second measure creating similar protections for 1 million farm workers who have worked in the U.S. illegally.
While “Dreamers” win wide public support and migrant farm workers are a backbone of the agriculture industry, both House bills face gloomy prospects in the evenly split Senate.
Nine House Republicans joined all Democrats in voting for the “Dreamers” measure, but 30 GOP lawmakers backed the farm workers bill, giving it a more bipartisan hue.
We don't know what their intentions are,” Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., said of immigrant farm workers who might seek legal status.
AdMaine Rep. Jared Golden's vote against the farm workers measure made him the only Democrat to oppose either bill.