By Rosanna Berardi ( March 3, 2021, 8:37 AM EST) -- President Joe Biden’s sweeping immigration bill — known as the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 — was formally introduced in the House on Feb. 18, 2021, by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) and in the Senate on Feb. 22, 2021, by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). The legislation calls for broad immigration reform, including an eight-year pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants, an increase in the number of available visas and greater protections for participants of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, known as “Dreamers.” According to White House officials, the expansive bill was designed to “[establish] a new system to responsibly manage and secure our border, keep our families and communities safe, and better manage migration across the Hemisphere.”...