Top Senate Democrat sees little chance of passing Biden plan for pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, the chamber's second ranking Democrat, said Monday that he doesn't believe there's enough support in this Congress to pass a full-blown immigration bill with a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants, a key pillar of President Joe Biden's immigration plan.
"I don't see a means for reaching that," Durbin, the Senate majority whip, told CNN when asked about the pathway to citizenship. "I want it. I think we are much more likely to deal with discreet elements." To move such a plan, the Senate would need 60 votes to overcome a likely GOP filibuster attempt, something that would be difficult given the roiling politics on immigration and ongoing problems at the border that Republicans are pointing to as a demand for far stricter policies. Some Democrats have pushed ending the filibuster in order to move legislation through the narrowly divided chamber, but without a unified Democratic caucus, it would be impossible for the party to change the filibuster rules.
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