Key Facts

• Democrats held a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol to call for changes to immigration enforcement and policy.
• The lawmakers included progressive and moderate members of the House and Senate.
• Representative Veronica Escobar said comprehensive immigration reform would need Republican support.
• Senator Ruben Gallego argued that Republicans should pursue reform now that border crossings have fallen.
• The article says Trump’s deportation campaign sharply slowed border crossings but also drew criticism over enforcement tactics and detention conditions.
• Trump said after the midterm elections that his immigration policy had been too tough in some respects.
• Democrats highlighted two existing bipartisan bills as possible starting points, but the article does not identify them in the supplied text.
• Republican Representative Maria Salazar, who was scheduled to attend the press conference, did not appear.