House Bipartisan Immigration Group Plans Comprehensive Bill

An update from GOP Congressman Morgan Luttrell of Texas.

WASHINGTON — The House bipartisan working group crafting a new immigration proposal plans to press forward with a comprehensive policy product now that Congress has returned to the Capitol for the “lame duck” period following the election.

On Wednesday, Migrant Insider caught up with GOP Rep. Morgan Luttrell of Texas who tells us that the bill will be comprehensive, including both enforcement and relief provisions. “We are covering everything from the border wall to H1A, H2A visas, talking about DACA and Dreamers and what that’s going to look like,” he said.

Luttrell, a former Navy SEAL, along with GOP Reps. Dan Newhouse of Washington and Don Bacon of Nebraska, are working with Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi of New York on a draft that we’re guessing probably won’t be introduced until the new term.

Interestingly, Newhouse is a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture where he has led the GOP push for the bipartisan Agricultural Workforce Modernization Act since 2019. Th…