White House proposes path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million undocumented young people

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last updated 26 January 2018

The White House delivered an outline of its proposal on immigration to members of Congress on Thursday, and it includes a pathway to citizenship for up to 1.8 million undocumented young people brought to the United States as children.

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller went over the proposal with congressional staffers, and said it was crafted in a way to ensure the 60 Senate votes necessary to break a potential filibuster. On Wednesday, President Trump said he was open to a pathway to citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, and Miller said this proposal covers more people than the 800,000 protected by DACA.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.