Divided Congress a Chance for DACA, Other Immigration Action

Immigration legislation in the new Congress is likely to coalesce around discrete issues such as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and border security, lawmakers and advocates said.

“There is a benefit to divided government, if divided government decides to work,” Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said at a Nov. 15 National Immigration Forum event. “There are enough people on both sides of the aisle that really see this as an issue that needs to be resolved,” he said.

Don’t look for another run at a comprehensive immigration bill like the one that passed the Senate in 2013, Lankford said ...