Prioritize the essential-worker citizenship bill in Biden’s family plan

Alex Padilla and other Democratic lawmakers urged President Biden to make the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act a priority in the American Families Plan, the second part of his infrastructure proposal. The bill would provide an immediate adjustment to legal permanent resident status for eligible undocumented essential workers, who could then apply for citizenship. The lawmakers framed the package as an opportunity to recognize essential workers’ contributions.

Context: This was a joint effort by lawmakers, not a proposal attributed to Padilla alone. The bill and requested package inclusion were proposals, not enacted policy.

In their own words

This effort — led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Alex Padilla of California

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