(CNN) House Democrats are introducing legislation Tuesday that would provide a pathway to citizenship for more than one million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard and other House Democrats are unveiling the "Dream and Promise Act," which would protect undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children, sometimes referred to as "Dreamers," and immigrants with temporary protected status or deferred enforced departure.

"There should be nothing partisan or political in this legislation," said Pelosi, who was flanked by House Democrats and immigrants, in introducing the bill. "Protecting Dreamers and TPS and (Deferred Enforced Departure) Americans is about honoring and respecting the family that is the heart of our faith and the heart of who we are as Americans."

The bill would provide a greater sense of security to a large swath of undocumented immigrants whose fate has been tied up in the courts. Its enactment is unlikely, however, as it would face an uphill battle in the Republican-controlled Senate and President Donald Trump has voiced objections to such programs.

The nearly 700,000 beneficiaries of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation, have been in limbo since the Trump administration tried to end the program in 2017, prompting a slew of lawsuits. Federal judges have since kept the program alive, taking issue with the reasoning for the sudden termination of protections.

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