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House Introduces Dignity Act With Over 20 Bipartisan Sponsors, Draws Hard-Line GOP Backlash

Sponsors say it balances a fee-based program granting long-term undocumented immigrants up to seven years of work authorization with strengthened border and asylum procedures.

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A group of migrants of different nationalities carry a cross leading a caravan that aims to reach the border between Mexico and the United States, leaving from Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Isaac GUZMAN / AFP)
Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) speaks during a roundtable discussion on the "Take It Down Act" in the Mike Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol on March 03, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., and Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas.

Overview

  • The Dignity Act was reintroduced in the House on July 15 by Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar and Veronica Escobar and now counts over 20 co-sponsors from both parties.
  • It offers undocumented immigrants present before 2021 the chance to earn up to seven years of renewable work authorization in exchange for restitution payments, background checks and DHS check-ins.
  • The bill also requires nationwide E-Verify, boosts funding for border barriers and technology, speeds up asylum processing and mandates ICE accountability.
  • Nine House Republicans signed on alongside a dozen Democrats, prompting hard-line conservatives such as Steve Bannon to condemn the measure as amnesty.
  • Now pending committee review, backers frame the bill as a commonsense compromise to stabilize labor supply, but critics vow to fight its approval.