Budget Provision by Democrats to Grant Amnesty to 8 Million Illegal Immigrants Blocked

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 28, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on Sept. 19 ruled that Democrats can’t include a provision aimed to give millions of illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship in their $3.5 trillion spending measure.

MacDonough in her guidance said that the Democrats’ provision is “by any standard a broad, new immigration policy,” and that it doesn’t meet the stringent requirements of what can be included in the budget resolution.