Immigration Fights Face Make-or-Break Moment at End of Year (1)

Immigrants’ rights advocates are making final plays for action on Capitol Hill as a once-promising session of Congress nears its end without any major immigration legislation locked in.

Legal status for young immigrants known as Dreamers tops the list, after a federal appeals court last week said the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was unlawful. A lower court still must review the Biden administration’s fresh DACA regulation, but legal prospects are grim.

Efforts to provide legal protections for Afghan evacuees, migrant farmworkers, high-tech workers, and other immigrants are also poised for eleventh-hour pushes as the congressional session ...