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Gop Leaders: Senate Control and Dreamer Immigrants

gop leaders: The effort meant that a congressional drive to help young Dreamer immigrants that seemed to have lost steam earlier this year could be resurrected in the run-up to November's elections for House and Senate control, according to The Chronicle Herald. That could spell fresh headaches for GOP leaders, whose party is divided between backers of President Donald Trump's hard-line views and more pragmatic members. One top maverick said they had enough support to succeed. The rebellious lawmakers want the House to vote in June on four bills including a bipartisan compromise, a conservative proposal and a liberal plan. We feel very importantly that this has got to happen now, and we're willing to drive that vote, said one leading proponent, Rep. Many of the legislators demanding action face potentially competitive re-election races in congressional districts with large numbers of Hispanic, suburban or agriculture-industry voters with pro-immigration views. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.