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President Biden will meet with 11 Democratic members of Congress at the White House Thursday to discuss the next steps for providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants brought to the U.S. as children, a White House official told Axios.

Why it matters: CongressionalDemocrats plan to try to pass pathways to citizenship for so-called Dreamers, TPS holders and undocumented essential workers in the upcoming reconciliation package. Biden also has consistently called on Congress to pass legislation to protect Dreamers.

  • On Sunday, Biden said it "remains to be seen" when asked about Congress including pathways to citizenship in the reconciliation package.

Flashback: The president met with a group of Dreamers in May.

  • Just last week, Vice President Kamala Harris met with participants in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and other Dreamers.
  • The meeting followed a recent federal judicial ruling that blocked the administration from approving new DACA applicants.
  • The recent ruling has added even more urgency to congressional efforts to protect and provide pathways for Dreamers.
  • Afterward, the president expressed his disappointment and again urged Congress to pass legislation helping that population of undocumented immigrants.

Details: Those scheduled to meet with the president are:

  • Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
  • Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.)
  • Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
  • Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)
  • Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.)
  • House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.)
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
  • House Hispanic Caucus Chairman Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Lucille Roybal Allard (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)

Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times

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Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.

Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.

The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.

  • The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.

What the transcripts say:

  • Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
  • The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
  • Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."

Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.