A proposal to end the standoff over immigration was revealed on Monday, by a bipartisan array of lawmakers in the House of Representatives, as the White House proposes a more conservative plan.
There are 48 lawmakers in the group, split by political party. It calls for their new outline for immigration and border security to be part of the new budget deal, which Congressional leaders have been unable to settle for months due to the impasse on issues such as immigration. The Problem Solvers Caucus has worked since the fall of 2017 to provide a solution to the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, announced in September by President Donald Trump.
The proposal is like that made by a bipartisan group in the Senate led by Senators, Dick Durbin, and Lindsey Graham, which the President rejected and Republican leadership has deemed to be dead. Last week, the White House revealed its own proposal, offering a path to US citizenship for young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as minors but only in return for other major changes to immigration laws, which the left side of politics immediately resisted.
Negotiations have been ongoing for months, with the bipartisan group hoping that enough support from rank and file members could cause it to gain traction with party leaders. The new short-term government funding is set to run out on 8 February if an agreement is not reached.