extend rights to DREAMers to legalize their immigration status fully and permanently;
Extend rights to DREAMers to legalize their immigration status fully and permanently.
Occurrences
Evidence
"Members of Congress Press for Answers on Proposed ICE Facility in Hyattsville"; Issues: Congress, Immigration
"Congressman Ivey Leads Colleagues in Letter Demanding Federal Cooperation with Local Investigators in DHS Shootings in Minneapolis"; Issues: Criminal Justice, Immigration
Congress.gov lists Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] as a cosponsor of H.R.16 on 06/07/2024.
Congress.gov status: H.R.16 was referred to committees; tracker says the bill status was Introduced.
H.R.16 would grant conditional permanent resident status and later remove conditions for qualifying people who entered as children.
DHS stated that DACA does not provide lawful immigration status or a path to citizenship.
Congress.gov tracker says H.R.4393 has the status Introduced, with latest action referral to multiple House committees.
Assessments
Ivey materially supported the promised policy by cosponsoring H.R.16, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2023, which would have created permanent legal status pathways for qualifying DREAMers. However, that bill remained introduced/referred and did not become law, and existing DACA policy does not provide full or permanent lawful status. Later immigration activity cited does not show enactment of DREAMer legalization. This is a serious legislative attempt without delivery.
The available evidence shows Glenn Ivey doing immigration-related oversight and letter-writing in Congress, but nothing showing he sponsored, passed, or materially advanced a measure that fully and permanently legalized DREAMers' status. There is no completed legislative or executive outcome to credit, so the promise cannot be marked delivered from the record provided.