The Washington Post - Should the U.S. government grant citizenship or at least permanent legal status to the children of undocumented immigrants? The House Judiciary Committee plans to take up the issue at a hearing next week that could prove critical in how the House addresses immigration reform in the coming weeks.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) announced the hearing Wednesday, saying that it’s part of his plans to write a bill with House Majority Leader Eric I. Cantor (R-Va.) and others regarding how to deal with the children of immigrants.
“These children came here through no fault of their own and many of them know no other home than the United States,” Goodlatte said, adding that “This is one component of immigration reform — any successful reform plan must improve our legal immigration programs, strengthen border security and the interior enforcement of our immigration laws, and find a way to fairly deal with those who are currently in the country unlawfully.”
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