BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION PLAN:

Voting 54 for and 45 against, the Senate on Feb. 15 failed to reach 60 votes needed to approve a bipartisan plan (HR 2579) that was the most popular of three pending immigration measures. This proposal

would provide a path to citizenship for the 1.8 million undocumented aliens known as Dreamers and authorize $25 billion over 10 years for a wall and other security measures on the U.S.-Mexico border. It prohibited Dreamers from sponsoring their parents for legal status but otherwise steered clear of President Trump’s proposals (below) for greatly reducing family-based immigration.

Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said the plan satisfies “what the president has asked for. Number one, it provides $25 billion for a border-security system, number two, it addresses the issue of (Dreamers)” but “does not provide a citizenship opportunity for their parents.”

Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said the measure “puts onerous conditions on the spending of any money for border security, does nothing for ‘chain migration’ and nothing at all for the diversity (visa) lottery. That’s why President Trump has issued a veto threat.”

A yes vote was to approve a bipartisan immigration plan.

ARKANSAS

Voting no: Tom Cotton, R, John Boozman, R

TEXAS

Voting no: John Cornyn, R, Ted Cruz, R