Overview
- The proposal would let certain undocumented immigrants earn legal status and work permits, require employers to use E-Verify—the federal system that checks a worker’s eligibility—and it does not offer a direct path to citizenship.
- It now counts 40 co-sponsors split evenly between Republicans and Democrats, and 22 of them are Catholic, according to the National Catholic Reporter.
- Catholic lawmakers and church voices frame the bill as a humane compromise that reflects faith teaching on protecting families while respecting border rules.
- Business advocates say the measure would ease labor shortages and prevent wage undercutting by moving workers out of the shadow economy.
- The bill’s path remains uncertain as conservative critics in American Greatness denounce it as amnesty and backers warn it needs more GOP support to get a House vote before the campaign season crowds the calendar.