'Intrusive and cruel': struggles in applying for UK settled status

Jul 02, 2021 View Original Article
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"I thought it would be simple because I already had permanent residence, and I've paid taxes and national insurance for years, have owned properties, and have a British driving licence and a British husband, but after doing the online application I was asked to submit further evidence proving I'd lived in the country for five consecutive years."
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16% Conservative
"For those of you who voted for Brexit, is this what you wanted?"
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-16% Liberal
"An array of advocacy groups that worked on that bill support it, as does Biden, who cited it as a model for legislation during the 2020 campaign."
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24% Conservative
"Making quality, affordable child care available to all Americans is one of several goals that Democratic Party leaders have identified as a legislative priority and that President Joe Biden included in the two-part, wide-ranging infrastructure agenda he outlined earlier this year."
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14% Conservative
"Its champion and lead sponsor in the Senate is Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who chairs the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions."
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14% Conservative
"A group of moderate Republicans, working with some moderate Democrats and with Biden's support, have endorsed a smaller package limited to traditional, physical infrastructure."
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10% Conservative
"Democratic leaders, led by Pelosi, have said they are willing to support such legislation, but only in tandem with passing their other economic initiatives on a party-line vote."
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10% Conservative
"Last week, she joined Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)"
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8% Conservative
"Biden's proposal for early childhood programs, which includes subsidized child care and pre-kindergarten, envisions spending $450 billion over 10 years."
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6% Conservative
"Warren also endorsed the strategy of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has said she won't sign off on a smaller, bipartisan bill limited to funding roads, bridges and similar projects until she knows for sure that the larger package with other initiatives, including child care, is on track to become law."
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4% Conservative
"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)"
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"Biden, for his part, has sent mixed signals -- initially threatening to veto a physical infrastructure bill if it was a stand-alone, without accompanying legislation on child care and other items on his agenda, but then taking back the explicit veto threat."
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-6% Liberal
"In the Senate, that would require going through the budget reconciliation process, in order to avoid a Republican filibuster, and then holding on to the votes of all 50 Democratic senators so Vice President Kamala Harris could break the tie."
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-10% Liberal
"I think Speaker Pelosi is right, Warren told HuffPost, adding later that Pelosi has the right approach."
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-10% Liberal
"Let me be really clear on this: We will not take up a bill in the House until the Senate passes the bipartisan bill and a reconciliation bill, Pelosi said last week."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "I thought it would be simple because I already had permanent residence, and I've paid taxes and national insurance for years, have owned properties, and have a British driving licence and a British husband, but after doing the online application I was asked to submit further evidence proving I'd lived in the country for five consecutive years.
42% : For those of you who voted for Brexit, is this what you wanted?"

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