Overview

• The Dignity Act would grant undocumented immigrants a renewable seven-year temporary status contingent on background checks, work authorization and restitution payments, with no direct path to citizenship
• It calls for at least three “humanitarian campuses” along the U.S.-Mexico border to expedite asylum screening and processing
• As of July 22, the proposal has attracted 10 Republican and 11 Democratic co-sponsors in the House, marking a rare bipartisan push on immigration reform
• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reiterated President Trump’s opposition to any form of amnesty, and hard-line conservatives have denounced the bill as rewarding illegal entry
• Congress has concurrently approved tens of billions of dollars in additional ICE funding for detentions, deportations and border wall construction, intensifying the clash over enforcement and reform