To address migration, Mexico and the United States need to coordinate and cooperate to invest in the development of Central America and the southern states of our country, the senator said. Ricardo Monreal Ávila, legislative coordinator of Morena.
In an article he posted on social media, the legislator described as urgent to have a immigration reform in the United States, since, he added, 70% of the 41 million people of Latin origin in United States they are migrants or have parents of foreign origin.
“From the first day of the president ‘s administration [de Estados Unidos] Joe Biden, immigration reform has polarized the bipartisan system and American public opinion, but there are also meeting points and, depending on the agreements reached, the legal situation of millions of people living in this nation of irregular manner, ”he noted.
The most controversial aspect of this issue is obtaining citizenship for 11 million undocumented migrants, he said.
However, so far, the Republican Party has argued that regulating the acquisition of citizenship could become an incentive to migration and generate saturation of the asylum system, as well as a humanitarian crisis on the southern border of the United States. United States .
“From the south we know the challenges of saturating the national migration system, but we also know that the migratory phenomenon has multiple edges that require current narratives and approaches, along with coordinated efforts, such as investment in comprehensive development in Central and South America. of our country, “the Morenista legislator added.
In the document, the leader of the legislative majority in the Senate analyzed the support of the actions that are part of President Biden’s migration plan to the United States.
He considered that the analysis of the legislation to support dreamers, young people who came to the United States as undocumented since childhood and who have no relationship with their countries of origin, will resume the government of the current president American, has the support of both parties present in the US Congress.
Its aim is to extend permanent residence and give the opportunity for people who came to the country irregularly when they were minors to have citizenship.
However, Monreal Ávila considered that “the launch of a migration reform initiative of this depth could be good news, especially if we add to this executive orders that help restore the dignity of migrants, such as the decision of not to exclude undocumented persons from the U.S. census. “