Senate Parliamentarian Rules Pathway To Citizenship For Illegals Can’t Be In Spending Bill

On Sunday, the Senate parliamentarian ruled that Democrats cannot include a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants in their $3.5 trillion social-spending package. The Senate parliamentarian wrote, “It is important to note that an obvious corollary of a finding that this proposal is appropriate for inclusion in reconciliation would be that it could be repealed by simple majority vote in a subsequent reconciliation measure.” “Perhaps more critically, permitting this provision in reconciliation would set a precedent that could be used to argue that rescinding any immigration status from anyone – not just those who obtain LPR status by virtue of this


