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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
Gillian Brassil

Biden asked for immigration reform in the State of the Union. Can it pass a split Congress?

President Joe Biden made a wistful comment at his State of the Union Tuesday that there was a time when Congress found common ground on immigration reform.

“Let’s also come together on immigration and make it a bipartisan issue like it was before,” Biden said.

It has been three decades since Congress passed large-scale immigration reform. Since, executive orders, smaller targeted bills and measures, and court rulings have squeezed through different policies for people coming to the United States.

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