The department also sought permission to present oral arguments in December when the court hears a case challenging Mississippi’s restrictive abortion law.
The approach essentially dares Republicans to follow through on their threats to oppose increasing the debt limit, by coupling it with urgently needed federal spending.
After a top Senate official rejected a proposal to legalize as many as 8 million undocumented immigrants in the reconciliation bill, Democrats said they would craft an alternative.
The White House says it is committed to reducing gun violence, keeping abortion safe and legal, and protecting voting rights. But that has done little to ease anxiety among activists.
The move indicates the president’s intention to open the country’s doors after four years in which the Trump administration sought to prevent refugees from settling in the United States.