UPDATED: New DACA bill protects dreamers, builds wall, ends family separation [View all]

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Source: Axios



Stef W. Kight40 mins ago

The Republican compromise immigration bill in the House would prevent children from being separated from their parents at the border, provide legal status for DACA recipients and authorize funding for a border wall, according to the bill's summary.

Why it matters: This is a complex bill that touches on border security, DACA, family migration and employment-based green cards. It's uncertain whether the bill has the votes to pass the House, but Rep. Steve Scalise's office announced that Republicans will start whipping votes tomorrow ahead of next week's vote.

What to know:

DACA: The bill provides special legal status for DACA recipients who have been in the U.S. at least 10 years, were under 16 years of age when they arrived and are enrolled in school or have a high school diploma. The protection is renewable every 6 years — not a special path to citizenship.

Child immigrants: The bill would outlaw separating children from their parents when caught crossing the border illegally — a practice recently initiated by the Trump administration, but calls for those children to be kept in detention centers. The bill also limits the Special Immigrant Juvenile visa to children who can not be reunited with either of their parents because of abuse. Before, a child with even one abusive parents was eligible.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/between-the-lines-what-the-new-republican-immigration-bill-does-1529007045-c7234600-2d16-4e89-a0cb-b5b8bf2d901b.html

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UPDATE:

Few voice support after House GOP releases 293-page DACA bill

BY MIKE LILLIS, RAFAEL BERNAL, SCOTT WONG AND JULIE GRACE BRUFKE - 06/14/18 05:47 PM EDT

House GOP leaders sent a 293-page immigration bill to their members on Thursday designed to bridge the substantial divide between the centrist reformers and conservative immigration hawks in their conference.

Early reactions suggest the bill is unlikely to do so, with members of both the far-right Freedom Caucus and conservative Republican Study Committee telling The Hill they planned to vote no on the compromise.

Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.), a Freedom member and immigration hard-liner facing a competitive reelection battle, described the compromise effort as “hasty political maneuvers pasted together at the last minute.” “We gotta go back and talk to our constituents. When they hear about this deal, it'll be a no. They won't be happy,” Brat told The Hill.

Rep. Carlos Curbelo, a reform-minded Florida Republican who’s been at the center of the GOP negotiations, said he’ll seek changes.

“We're still reviewing it and there are some areas where we're looking to make some changes, so not ready to make a final decision yet,” Curbelo said.

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