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The House Is on the Brink of Forcing Votes on Immigration

The bid by a group of GOP moderates to bypass Speaker Paul Ryan on DACA is just five signatures away from success.
Source: J. Scott Applewhite / AP

A group of renegade House Republicans is just five signatures away from forcing votes on legislation that would grant permanent legal status to undocumented immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children.

The effort gained steam on Thursday even as Speaker Paul Ryan, President Trump, and House conservatives intensified their attempt to quell the moderate rebellion and set up immigration votes on their terms. By Thursday afternoon, the to bypass the on Thursday, as did the top two HouseDemocrats: Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Whip Steny Hoyer.

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