{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ross.house.gov/2021/9/congresswoman-ross-statement-senate-parliamentarians-ruling-legal-path", "Congresswoman Ross Statement on Senate Parliamentarian\u2019s Ruling on Legal Path to Residency in Budget Reconciliation", "2021-09-20", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Deborah K. Ross", "R000305", "ross.house.gov", "ross", "https://ross.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, issued the following statement on the Senate Parliamentarian\u2019s ruling regarding the inclusion of a legal path to residency in budget reconciliation:\n\n\u201cI am deeply disappointed by the Senate Parliamentarian\u2019s ruling to block immigration reform in the budget reconciliation process,\u201d said Congresswoman Ross. \u201cWhile this attempt to extend a path to citizenship to Dreamers, TPS and DED recipients, and essential workers was not successful, we have many other avenues to achieve this goal. I remain hopeful that Senate Democrats have alternate proposals to extend protections to these individuals, and I will continue working with my House Judiciary colleagues to get immigration reform across the finish line.\u201d\n\nCongresswoman Ross led 22 of her House colleagues in urging Congressional leadership to include a permanent path to residency for Documented Dreamers, dependents of long-term nonimmigrant visa holders (including H-1B, L-1, E-1, and E-2 workers), in the budget reconciliation package. In June, Representatives Ross, Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), and Young Kim (CA-39) introduced America\u2019s CHILDREN Act, bipartisan legislation to protect Documented Dreamers from aging out of the system when they turn 21, forcing them to self-deport. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Senate version of America\u2019s CHILDREN Act this month.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://ross.house.gov/2021/9/congresswoman-ross-statement-senate-parliamentarians-ruling-legal-path"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8064149878919125, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}