The 7 members of Congress steering Biden’s immigration agenda in the House

Rebecca Morin for USA Today (“Meet the 7 congresswomen who are steering Biden’s immigration agenda in the House”) reports on a group of seven pushing President Biden’s immigration agenda.  The group, who call themselves the Closers, is led by Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA).  Others in the group are Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA)., Yvette Clarke (D-CA), and Karen Bass (D-CA).  Accoring to the story, “Sánchez, chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ Immigration Task Force, said she chose this group of congresswomen for the group because of their past work on immigration, in addition to several of the congresswomen serving districts that have large migrant communities.”

KJ