Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Dignity Act, Seeking Legal Status for Some Illegal Immigrant Workers

Lawmakers supporting the agreement say it adapts to the current political environment.

Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) speaks during GRAMMYs Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2024. Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Recording Academy

Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and Verónica Escobar (D-Texas), along with 18 other bipartisan lawmakers, introduced a new version of the Dignity Act immigration reform bill on July 15, which seeks to grant protected status to some illegal immigrant workers.

“It takes a lot of courage to step up and say that you want to be part of the solution, especially on the issue of immigration, one of the toughest in the country,” Salazar said at a press conference on July 15 in the House Triangle of the U.S. Capitol in Washington.