House Vote

UPDATE: The House rejected Paul Ryan's amnesty bill by a 193-231 vote.

If the bill were enacted it would be the largest amnesty in more than 30 years, despite President Trump's campaign promise of "no amnesty" and after multiple GOP congressional leaders expressed opposition to amnesty for any illegal aliens.

Read more: House to Vote on One of the Largest Amnesty Bills in U.S. History

Amnesty Provisions

The Ryan bill offers amnesty and a path to citizenship for an estimated 2.2 million direct beneficiaries. Below is the breakdown of the different categories:

An estimated 1.9 million aliens believed to be potentially eligible for the proposed amnesty, which has the same basic qualifying criteria as President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Approximately 300,000 adult sons and daughters of certain guestworkers who arrived while younger than 16, who have lived in the United States for 10 years, and who are too old to qualify for green cards or temporary visa renewals.

The additional green cards from the large amnesty and the additional chain migration would cause an annual increase of about 220,000. The result is a net increase of 2.12 million green cards over 15 years (3.3 million amnesty plus chain beneficiaries minus 1.18 million fewer chain and lottery green cards).

Read more: House Immigration Bills Would Produce Starkly Different Results in Green Card Numbers

Enforcement Provisions

A Center for Immigration Studies analysis of the enforcement provisions of Ryan’s Amnesty Bill looks at the enforcement improvements that are intended to balance the bill’s massive amnesty.

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An Analysis of Border Security Provisions

Border Loophole, Interior Enforcement, and Judicial Review Provisions

Some highlights: