WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate parliamentarian has rejected the inclusion of Democrats’ proposal to grant work permits to millions of immigrants who have been living in the United States illegally for a decade or longer in President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better bill, a senior Democratic senator said on Thursday.
Senator Dick Durbin, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the No. 2 Senate Democrat, told reporters that he was “disappointed and we’re considering what options remain.”
(Reporting by Makini Brice; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; editing by Diane Craft)
