Both Republican and Democratic senators voted Thursday to reject consideration of a bipartisan immigration proposal put together by the so-called "Common Sense Coalition," The New York Times reports. The vote was 54-45, leaving the legislation six votes short of the 60 votes it needed to be considered.
The bill, titled the Immigration Security and Opportunity Act, would have offered a 10-year path to citizenship for DREAMers — young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children — as well as $25 billion over a decade for border security. It would also have curbed family-based immigration, but would not have ended the visa lottery program. President Trump had publicly opposed the bill.
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