Breaking: Senate blocks Trump-backed bill to protect DREAMers and make steep cuts in legal immigration

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   The Senate on Thursday blocked a series of competing immigration bills, including a measure offered by Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans and endorsed by President Trump that would have imposed strict limits on legal immigration. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell had promised an open-ended debate on immigration, but none of the four bills offered on Thursday won the 60 votes needed to move forward. The result leaves Congress with no clear way to resolve the fate of 800,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. as children whose Obama-era deportation protections are set to expire on March 5. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2017 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108