White House to Propose New Framework for Immigration Legislation

The White House will release a legislative framework Jan. 29 that could form the basis for a package that provides legal status to dreamers.

The new framework is based on a series of talks between President Donald Trump and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and in both houses, according to a Jan. 24 statement from White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.

The pending framework “represents a compromise that members of both parties can support,” she said.

That framework will include “four agreed-upon pillars": border security, ending extended-family visa categories, ending the diversity visa lottery, and providing permanent legal ...