News: The Problem Solvers Caucus is endorsing the Dignity Act, a bipartisan immigration proposal that has divided House Republicans.
It’s the first time the centrist group has backed the bill under President Donald Trump. The legislation from Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) would create a pathway to legal status for undocumented immigrants who have been living in the United States, boost border security and reform asylum-seeker processes.
The Problem Solvers Caucus says the bill would make the immigration system “more secure, orderly, and fair” and reduce the national debt.
Salazar said in a statement that the Problem Solvers’ endorsement “marks a major step forward and reflects a shared commitment to practical, bipartisan solutions.”
The group — co-led by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) — includes dozens of centrist House members on both sides of the aisle.
Some of these Republicans have also been pushing for changes at ICE after federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis earlier this year. But they won’t get any of those reforms in the GOP reconciliation bill that funds ICE and CBP. These moderate Republicans are desperate for bipartisan accomplishments.
Meanwhile, House GOP hardliners have been railing against the Dignity Act. The House Freedom Caucus has bashed it and said the proposal “must die in the cradle” and “undermines the agenda the American people want.”
