On Sunday, September 19, the U.S. Senate’s parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled that a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants wouldn’t have enough budgetary impact to qualify for a “fast-track” decision-making process as part of the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill now before Congress. This means that because Ms. MacDonough saw insufficient budgetary impact resulting from More

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