An encouraging development: Senator Patrick Leahy will convene a congressional hearing on UAFA next Wednesday, June 3rd.
For a legislation that never made it out of the committee, this is indeed a significant step forward. However, the outcome of the hearing remains unclear: will it mean that UAFA will finally come to a committee vote and advance to the full senate/house for a floor vote? Or is it merely a move to make sure UAFA has a place in the upcoming Comprehensive Immigration Reform? From the IE blog post, it seems that the latter is more likely.
If UAFA does become a part of CIR, how optimistic should we be?
Many prominent Democrats like Harry Reid and Charles Schumer have expressed confidence of a CIR passage by the end of the year. The unknown factor is whether or not the
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