GOP Plan Gives a Citizenship Path to Only Half of Trump ’s 1.8 Million

ConclusionIn the best case scenario, the Senate GOP plan would likely provide a pathway to citizenship to fewer than 900,000 Dreamers —less than half of the president’s promise. Moreover, only an estimated 587,657 would likely naturalize—less than a third of the 1.8 million that some senators have claimed.If Congress wants to fulfill the president ’s promise, it would need to institute a broader legalization program for Dreamers with as few risks and costs, and as little confusion, as possible. Congress would also need to provide legal certainty in some form for their parents to mitigate fear of coming forward. Members of Congress should al so stop exaggerating the extent of the legalization of Dreamers as part of a strategy to justify politically questionable policy choices, including imposing large-scale reductions in the annual level of legal immigration and eliminating many current immigration categories.Various Legalization and Citizenship Tracks for Young ImmigrantsSources:  Senate Amendment 1959 to H.R. 2579; S. 1615;  USCIS;  H.R. 1468*Migration Policy Institute evaluated the Succeed Act, which contains the same basic criteria for legalization as the Secure and Succeed Act.
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