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Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in US Congress

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Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16), and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) have reintroduced the bipartisan immigration reform bill, known as the Dignity Act of 2025. This comprehensive bill aims to reform various aspects of the US immigration system, including granting legal status and protections to undocumented immigrants, reforming the asylum screening process, and investing in border security. The bill also includes a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and mandates accountability for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Key Takeaways:

  • The Dignity Act of 2025 grants legal status and protections to undocumented immigrants already living in the United States.
  • The bill reforms the asylum screening process to provide an opportunity for review and access to council.
  • It creates new regional processing centers to prevent migrants from making the perilous journey to the US/Mexico border to seek asylum.
  • The bill invests in border security and modernizes land ports of entry.
  • It mandates accountability for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
  • The bill provides a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.
  • The Dignity Act of 2025 aims to build upon previous immigration reform efforts, including the 1996 bill, which eliminated several legal immigration pathways and made more people deportable.
  • Representative Salud Carbajal has also reintroduced the Fight for the American Dream Act, which allows participants of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program to serve in the US military and provides them a pathway toward US citizenship after their service.

Statistics:

  • There are 17 co-sponsors of the Dignity Act of 2025.
  • The last time Congress passed immigration reform was in 1996.
  • The Dignity Act of 2025 grants legal status to an estimated ***undocumented immigrants already living in the United States***
  • The bill increases border security investments by ***%
  • The bill modernizes land ports of entry, which handle ***cargo and passengers per year***
  • The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program has affected an estimated ***immigrants***.

Sources:

  • United States House of Representatives -- Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24)

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