WASHINGTON — A bipartisan push may be underway to get the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program legislation back on Congress' radar.

“I used to remember those nights where we cried and talked about our future and what we should do in case someone in our family got deported,” Letiticia Herrera, a DACA recipient, said. “I am now the older sibling and have to look out for my family and my niece. Dreamers cannot wait much longer for a solution, especially seeing how families are being separated every single day.”

Herrera is one of hundreds of thousands of people in the DACA program. The Obama-era program provided a way for undocumented youth - brought to the U.S. through no fault of their own – to eventually attain citizenship. The Trump administration ordered the program stopped back in March but court battles persist.

“The biggest issue that we’re having today is actually having the debate in front of the American public,” Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) said.

But after months of stalled progress, a bipartisan push in the house to get DACA legislation back on track through a parliamentary procedure called “Queen of the Hill” would bring four competing pieces of immigration legislation would be up for a debate. The idea is to get the bill that gets a majority moves on to the Senate. The approach is a bold move in a volatile election year.

“I think this is a way that everybody that has an opinion on this issue can bring this to the House floor and see a vote on this,” Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) said.

There are still several hurdles to clear including leadership in the House, Senate, and whether or not President Trump will sign off on it. These lawmakers claim around 240 of their colleagues support the Queen of the Hill method to at least get a debate going, but the ranks splinter when it comes to the actual immigration bills.

House Speaker Paul Ryan does have the option of calling a floor vote but said he wants a bill that the president will sign.