Source: THE HILL, 7/29/21


President Biden on Thursday unequivocally backed Democratic efforts to include immigration in the budget as a way to navigate narrow margins in the Senate. "I think we should include in the reconciliation bill the immigration proposal," Biden told reporters as he left the White House to accompany first lady Jill Biden to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The statement came immediately after a meeting with Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) legislators and others who have worked on immigration reform. The meeting was originally set up to discuss the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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