Roughly 1.5 million illegal immigrants were deported by the Trump administration (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The Democratic National Committee endorsed a plan that would offer amnesty to illegal aliens who were deported under former president Donald Trump and invite them back to the United States.
The official Democratic Party platform supports the passage of the U.S. Citizenship Act, a bill that was sent to Congress by the Biden-Harris administration on January 20, 2021. That bill would create a sweeping amnesty process for the millions of illegal aliens currently residing in the country. But a provision also allows those who were “removed from or who departed the United States on or after January 20, 2017” if they resided in the country for three years prior to apply for amnesty as well.
Such a proposal would constitute one of the most radical changes to the nation’s immigration policy in history. Roughly 1.5 million illegal aliens were deported by the Trump administration, including tens of thousands each year who were guilty of serious crimes such as sexual assault.
Vice President Kamala Harris has applauded the bill on several occasions. In June 2021, she thanked U.S. senator Bob