House Clears Path To Citizenship For Dreamers, Other Immigrants

By Daniel Tucker, Steve Bynum
Immigration Border Releases
Migrants wait for transportation at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in McAllen, Texas, on Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021. U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families at the border without notices to appear in immigration court, and sometimes without any paperwork at all. A spokesman for the National Border Patrol Council, a union that represents Border Patrol agents, said it was done to cut processing time at overwhelmed holding facilities. He said it takes an hour to 90 minutes to prepare one notice to appear in court. Dario Lopez-Mills / AP Photo
Immigration Border Releases
Migrants wait for transportation at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in McAllen, Texas, on Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021. U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families at the border without notices to appear in immigration court, and sometimes without any paperwork at all. A spokesman for the National Border Patrol Council, a union that represents Border Patrol agents, said it was done to cut processing time at overwhelmed holding facilities. He said it takes an hour to 90 minutes to prepare one notice to appear in court. Dario Lopez-Mills / AP Photo

House Clears Path To Citizenship For Dreamers, Other Immigrants

By Daniel Tucker, Steve Bynum
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The House passed two bills on Thursday that would clear a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.

Reset hears from a Democratic Congressman, a Dreamer and an immigration activist.

GUESTS: U.S. Rep. Jesus Chuy Garcia, (D-IL-4)

Daniela Sigala, DACA applicant

Fernando Urbina, partnerships director at the nonprofit Immigrants Like Us