Post-court ruling, Democrats face pressure to deliver on immigration

Democrats are under growing pressure to pass long-stalled immigration reform after a federal judge poured new fuel onto the years-long fight by blocking new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applicants. 

With bipartisan talks making little progress, Democrats are poised to use what was viewed as their back-up plan: trying to get immigration reform passed as part of a sweeping spending package that they will pass via reconciliation, which allows them to bypass the Senate's 60-vote filibuster.

Democrats are still sorting out the details but want to get a pathway...