A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday reintroduced bills in the House and Senate to protect undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children from being deported by the incoming Trump administration.
The legislation, known as the BRIDGE Act (Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy), initially was introduced in the Senate on Dec. 9, 2016, by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to extend legal protections and work authorizations to more than 700,000 young immigrants by three years.
That bill expired at the end of the last Congress, requiring its reintroduction by Graham and Durbin on Thursday. Reps. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) and Luis V. Gutirrez (D-Ill.) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
