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Democrats start reining in expectations for immigration bill

By Thomas A. Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) It s taken only days for Democrats gauging how far President Joe Biden s bold immigration proposal can go in Congress to acknowledge that if anything emerges, it will likely be significantly more modest.

As they brace to tackle a politically flammable issue that s resisted major congressional action since the 1980s, Democrats are using words like aspirational to describe Biden s plan and herculean to express the effort they ll need to prevail.

via apnews.com

But it was fun while it lasted.