WASHINGTON _ Tens of thousands of immigrants will be barred from entering the country under the compromise plan the House is about to consider.
About 560,000 total immigrant visas were issued in 2017, according to State Department statistics.
The House plan would switch 78,400 spots, currently reserved for visas for adult siblings and married children of U.S. citizens, to a merit-based visa system. Dreamers, those who entered the country illegally as children, could use that visa to eventually apply for citizenship.
