BREAKING: Immigration in limbo in Congress: House rejects conservative bill, postpones vote on moderate compromise legislation

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The House on Thursday voted down a conservative immigration bill, and GOP leaders postponed the vote on a compromise measure originally scheduled for later in the day.

Members rejected legislation authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and favored by conservatives that would have authorized — but not appropriated — government funding for a border wall. It also would not have provided a pathway to citizenship for those eligible under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

The vote on the compromise measure had been slated for early Thursday evening, but House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that vote had been delayed until Friday to give members more time to review the legislation.

Source: NBC News
Source Bias: Left-Center

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