Offer legal status to some undocumented immigrants

Gallego supports allowing some immigrants living in the country illegally to obtain legal status after paying a fine and passing a full background check. He pointed to people with U.S. citizen children, established community ties and no serious criminal history. The status would not necessarily include a path to citizenship.

Context: Gallego described this as a suggested approach; the source does not specify how the fine or background checks would be administered.

In their own words

then they get some type of status. Doesn’t necessarily have to even be a path to citizenship

The source

Ruben Gallego sees blue wave as opportunity to ...

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Retrieved: 11/12/2026