ImmigrationFinding
Undocumented immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for many years should have a way to gain legal status.
Millions of people have lived in the U.S. without legal status for a decade or more. This would create a process for them to apply for legal status instead of facing deportation.
John Deaton
common-sense parameters that distinguish between those who have built lives here and those who recently entered illegally
a targeted, earned pathway to legal status and ultimately citizenship for DACA recipients and similarly situated Dreamers
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