US House of Representatives Passes Bill that Grants Green Cards and Path to Citizenship to Millions of Immigrants

US House of Representatives Passes Bill that Grants Green Cards and Path to Citizenship to Millions of Immigrants

The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a sweeping bill that seeks to grant millions of immigrants a pathway to permanent residency and eventually be on a pathway to citizenship.

The Dream and Promise Act of 2019, also known as H.R.6, passed the House by a vote of 237 to 187. Seven Republicans voted with Democrats in passing the Bill. Passage of the Bill into law is however highly unlikely, as the Senate is not expected to pick up the bill, and the White House has threatened to veto it should it pass both houses of Congress.

H.R.6 seeks to offer permanent protection from deportation and eventual citizenship to an estimated 2.5 million immigrants brought into the US as children - currently temporarily protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, as well those living in the country under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced (DED) programs.

Under H.R.6, those in temporary programs such as DACA would be eligible for conditional permanent resident status if they have a high school diploma or its equivalent, or are currently enrolled in high school. They would then be eligible to permanent residency and eventually citizenship.

Comments

imkgoogo (not verified)     Wed, 06/05/2019 @ 06:43am

In 2017, President Trump asked Congress to come up with a path forward for DACA immigrants. Seems like he now has it.

MjuAji (not verified)     Wed, 06/05/2019 @ 02:46pm

Kama ni kweli msuada huu ulipitishwa na Wana Democrati, hebu hisi ni nani wanaosherekea ushindi huu: wana Republikani. Kisa na maana? Nongwe Trump na wenzake, ambao wameonyesha bayana chuki kali dhidi ya wahamiaji, sasa wanadodokwa mate na kutabasamu. Sababu ya kutabasamu? Mmmmmm! Wana Republikani Wakenya watajitokeza kama "siafu siafu" kutoka mahadakini, mashimoni, mapangoni, mafichoni na michezo yao ya jadi ya "nitafute-nijifiche-unikose-nipotee." Na bona wanadodokwa na mate? Sababu watapata nafasi maksusi ya kuwanasa wakanasika takriban mamillioni ya wahamiaji waliowaponyoka miongo therathini hivi iliyopita. Shauri langu: kaa vivyo vivyo wakae ngumu kama Ngumo.

Mundumugo (not verified)     Wed, 06/05/2019 @ 10:40pm

In reply to by MjuAji (not verified)

@ MjuAji, you and Imara Daima need to start Kiswahili lessons. My two cents on this is if you are legal and can vote in 2020, do so keeping in mind your friends and relatives who might be living in the shadows. Your vote counts. Being legal, we may occasionally forget our less fortunate brothers and sisters. Mistakes they may have made that led to their current circumstances are in the past and can't be erased. Voting for immigrant friendly politicians helps. If you are in the shadows, subiri. Coming out prematurely unless you need a one way ticket courtesy of ICE Air, can only lead to bad outcomes.

Mundumugo (not verified)     Wed, 06/05/2019 @ 09:55pm

@ Mucene, Mwakilishi did not lie. The bill did pass the bill on Tuesday (Google is a great tool). It will probably not be take up in the Senate and if taken up would not pass and if by some absurd miracle it passed Trump would certainly veto it. @ Wilson Panera, sure it is political grandstanding but if you can solidify your base by showing up your opponents, you do it. How do you figure it is a stupid bill and the dems corrupt? You must be a Trumpista. Your dear leader is the epitome of corruption and, along with the see no evil sycophants in the GOP, makes many African presidents seem like examples of moral turpitude by comparison. Your support of these hypocrites who lecture Africans on clean elections and corruption suggest you might be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. Republicans will never accept you as anything other than as a prop to say "my black agrees with me". Brother, they call you names behind your back as they stroke your ego and tell you you aren't like these others.

Imara Daima (not verified)     Thu, 06/06/2019 @ 04:20pm

Ndugu yangu @Mundumugo:

Si watu wote Kenya wanajua Kiswahili hata ingawa wanapenda kusema na kuandika kwa Kiingereza?

Mundumugo (not verified)     Fri, 06/07/2019 @ 12:11am

Lakini, wataalamu si wengi. Nimeishi ng’ambo miaka mingi sana na waKenya na waTanzania hapa naishi, ni wachache.
Kwa hivyo, kutoka asubuhi mpaka jioni ni Kiingereza tu mpaka inakuwa tabia. Lugha unayotumia ni Kiswahili halali. Ikiwa usiamini vile nasema, soma baadhi ya maoni kwenye kurasa hizi. Labda mnaweza kuunda matangazo youtube kuelimisha watoto wetu ughaibuni.

Imara Daima (not verified)     Fri, 06/07/2019 @ 04:22pm

Ndugu yangu @Mundumugo:

Umeandika Kiswahili sanifu (standard) sana ndugu yangu. Kwa hiyo hata wewe pia, ni mtaalamu wa kiswahili.

Nalipenda sana jina lako. Tafsiri yake ni "daktari wa kienyeji" au kwa Kiingereza, "psychiatrist."

Mundumugo (not verified)     Sat, 06/08/2019 @ 12:45am

Nafikiri nitaanza mazoezo hapa na pale kwa sababu ninaenda Kenya mwisho wa mwezi na sitaki kulipa bei ya watu wa Amerika nikienda sokoni. Natumia jina sababu namheshimu babu wa babangu. Watu weupe walimwita "witch doctor" lakini hio jina sii sahihi.

Imara Daima (not verified)     Sat, 06/08/2019 @ 09:52pm

Ndugu yangu @Mundumugo:

Ninaposafiri katika nchi ya Kenya, kutoka wakati ndege inapotua kwenye uwanja wa kimataifa wa Nairobi, mimi sisemi lugha ya Kiingereza hata kidogo mpaka ninapoondoka nchini!

Kwa kawaida, Wakenya wengi hufikiria ya kwamba mimi ni Mtanzania. Mimi ni Mkenya halisi.

Lugha ya Kiingereza ni lugha ambayo inaua lugha nyingi za dunia. Mimi huiita " The holocaust or the global genocidal language."

Ni lazima tuipuuze na kuiangamiza lugha hii (Kiingereza) ya Mashetani mara moja kabla haijaendelea kuua lugha nyingi za dunia!

Imara Daima (not verified)     Sat, 06/08/2019 @ 10:40pm

Ndugu yangu @QMundumugo:

Hawa ndugu zetu wa asili ya Yuropa wameidanganya dunia nzima ya kwamba, wao ni "weupe." Kusema kweli, wo si weupe na hatuwezi kuendelea kuwaita hivyo! Rangi yao ni ya waridi (pink).

Kusema kweli, mila za watu sio rangi! Inategemea vitendo vyao.

Mundumugo (not verified)     Tue, 06/11/2019 @ 12:09am

Asante sana kwa mazungumzo haya katika Kiswahili. Imekuwa muda mrefu. Nina shukrani kwa mwalimu wangu, bwana Attas, alinifundisha mwaka moja tu lakini alikuwa mwalimu mkuu. Mimi kukubali nina hisia za uchungu kuhusu Uingereza. Ni wao walikuwa yatima babu yangu, na wazazi wangu walipokuwa watoto, wakawaweka katika makambi ya mashambulizi. Watu hawa "waridi"(sijawahi kuskia neno lilitumiwa hivyo) walituhakikishia kumwabudu Mungu wao. Je! Unajua walianzisha rushwa muda mrefu kabla ya serikali binafsi. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001320902/how-nairobi-city-was…

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