It is long past time that this country creates humane, efficient, and long-lasting immigration reform... We must also open pathways to citizenship and allow people to apply for asylum in their home countries instead of at our border. And we must provide the promised pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.
Support humane, efficient, and long-lasting immigration reform that opens pathways to citizenship, allows asylum applications in home countries, and provides a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.
Occurrences
It is long past time that this country creates humane, efficient, and long-lasting immigration reform. ... tenemos que abordar las razones ... También debemos abrir caminos hacia la ciudadanía y permitir que las personas soliciten asilo en sus países en lugar de en nuestra frontera. Y debemos proporcionar el camino prometido a la ciudadanía para los Dreamers.
I’m committed to fighting for ... meaningful and long-lasting immigration reform
“I’m grateful for their endorsement as we continue moving immigration reform forward.”
Congresswoman Escobar introduced the bipartisan Dignity Act... [which] offers a comprehensive, meaningful approach to our current immigration challenges, makes much-needed updates to legal immigration processes, and restores dignity to people who have tried to navigate a broken system for far too long.
Evidence
Today, Representatives Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) are announcing the Dignity Act of 2023, a historic, bipartisan immigration reform bill. This legislation... addresses border security and infrastructure, creates legal status for undocumented immigrants already living in the United States with the possibility of earning citizenship, establishes new pathways for asylum seekers, and creates new legal pathways for economic migrants and unaccompanied minors.
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar... joined over 80 Members of Congress as an original cosponsor of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021... This bicameral legislation would provide millions of hardworking, undocumented immigrants with a pathway to earned citizenship, including Dreamers... and would prioritize family reunification and keeping families together.
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted to pass H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, and H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, two landmark pieces of legislation to modernize and reform our immigration system and secure permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants... The American Dream and Promise Act establishes a path to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status for Dreamers and for certain individuals who either held or were eligible for TPS or DED.
03/18/2021 | Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 228 - 197 (Roll no. 91). ... 03/03/2021 | Introduced in House
In 2019, the House passed the American Dream and Promise Act, but Senate Republicans blocked it. In 2021, the House again passed the American Dream and Promise Act, but Senate Republicans again blocked it. ... Legislation Supported by Congresswoman Escobar ... American Dream and Promise Act: This legislation seeks to provide permanent resident status to Dreamers and individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), offering a pathway to citizenship for eligible immigrants.
Assessments
Escobar took substantial same-term legislative action toward the promise, including voting for the American Dream and Promise Act, cosponsoring the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, and co-introducing the bipartisan Dignity Act of 2023. These efforts addressed pathways to citizenship for Dreamers and other undocumented immigrants and included broader asylum and immigration reform provisions. However, the core promised policy outcome was not enacted into law; key bills passed the House or were introduced but stalled before final passage. Under the adjudication rule, a serious legislative attempt that failed to deliver the promised outcome is classified as never with an effort badge.