Schumer’s Plan B Unveiled, He’s Quietly Plotting Way To Legalize Millions Of Undocumented Immigrants If Bipartisan Talks Fail

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is considering making moves toward legalizing millions of illegal immigrants, according to NewsMax.

Schumer has strategized a secondary plan to provide a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants if bipartisan discussions do not find common ground.

So far negotiations are still underway and the chances of finding a coim[promise soon are of small likelihood.

Sergio Gonzales said, “Democrats must act. Now is the time.”

“This year is the time. We must have citizenship this year.”

Sen. John Cornyn stated, “Before we can do anything meaningful on immigration, we’re going to have to deal with the current crisis at the border.”

“I don’t think the public is going to tolerate us ignoring this crisis, and it’s just going to get worse unless we deal with it.”

“I think they’re dreaming; I don’t think the parliamentarian will allow that. That’s not really the purpose of reconciliation.”

Border Patrol encountered 19,000 children in march alone.

Thom Tillis said, “The crisis at the border is indisputable — even the president admits that now — so if we can work on that, and then work on some of the path options that I’ve supported in the past, I’m guardedly optimistic.”

Schumer is attempting to attach revised immigration laws to Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan.

Kerri Talbot said, “We’re definitely in the tens of billions; we think we pass that test.”

It is estimated that the price of this legislation will be around $40 Billion in 10 years.

From NewsMax:

As the negotiations drag on with little agreement in sight, proponents on the left are growing increasingly worried Democrats might squander a rare opportunity to legalize broad swaths of the undocumented population while their party controls both chambers of Congress and the White House.

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Schumer has privately told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in recent weeks he is “actively exploring” whether it would be possible to attach a broad revision of immigration laws to President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan and pass it through a process known as budget reconciliation, according to two people briefed on his comments, the Times reported.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., last month endorsed the idea of using reconciliation to push through an immigration measure, citing the “budget impacts of immigration in our country.” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the No. 3 Democrat, also came out in favor of the approach last week, the Times reported.

Republicans involved in the talks warn that before Congress can act to address undocumented immigrants, it must address the large influx of migrants across the southwestern border.

In March, border agents encountered nearly 19,000 children at the border — the largest number recorded in a single month — most of them fleeing poverty and violence in Central America, though the numbers are dropping, according to the Times.

The reconciliation move would allow the measures to pass the evenly divided Senate with 50 Democrat and independent votes, shielding them from a filibuster and the 60-vote threshold for moving past one, which would otherwise require at least 10 Republican votes. Vice President Kamala Harris would cast the 51st vote in the event of a 50-50 tie.

The Senate parliamentarian since 2012, Elizabeth MacDonough, recently said the reconciliation process could be used at least once more during this fiscal year, according to the Times.

However, to pull it off, Democrats would have to grapple with strict budget rules that limit what can be done under reconciliation. They require that any policy change included must have a budgetary impact that is more than merely incidental.