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February 12, 2018

Senate Slated to Begin Debate on Immigration Today
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On Capitol Hill, the Senate is set to begin a debate on immigration
today. Lawmakers are expected to debate how to handle the future of
DACA-that's the Obama-era program Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals, which gave 800,000 young undocumented people permission to
live and work in the United States before President Trump canceled the
program last year. President Trump has proposed opening a path to
citizenship for about 1.8 million undocumented people in exchange for a
slew of dramatic anti-immigrant measures, including $25 billion in
funding for a border wall, as well as ending the family reunification
program and the diversity lottery, which primarily benefits immigrants
from Africa.


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