Democratic congressmen formally introduced this Thursday the bill with which the American president, Joe Biden, Seeks to fulfill its campaign promise to promote an ambitious migration reform that guarantees a path to the citizenry for 11 million undocumented people.
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Senator Bob Menendez, the highest-ranking Latino in the U.S. Legislature, and Representative Linda Sanchez were in charge of delivering the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, Which has become the proposed flag of Biden Government. The time has come to “pull 11 million undocumented people out of the shadows,” Menendez said.
This bill lands at a time when the White House is seeking to advance a relief plan in Congress for the economy for $ 1.9 trillion, so he will have to negotiate with Republicans if he wants incentives for the proposals to continue their course in the Legislature.
To become a reality, Biden’s proposal will have to count on all Democratic votes in the Senate, 50, and secure 10 Republicans. “We know that the way forward requires negotiations with others (Republicans), but we will not make entry concessions.”, Said Menendez.
The initiative also has the support of Congressmen Zoe Lofgren, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Nydia Velázquez, Judy Chu, Raúl Ruiz, Yvette Clarke and Yvette Clarke, as well as Senators Amy Klobuchar, Alex Padilla and Ben Ray Luján.
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Biden Administration officials said in a call with reporters that this project is an opportunity to “restart talks on migration reform after the last four years,” in reference to the Biden Administration. Donald Trump, Who promoted the motto of “United States first” and was an open critic of immigration.
(We seek) to resume talks on migration reform after the last four years
Who does the bill host?
The project, which is bicameral, provides that undocumented people can apply for temporary legal status, with the option that they can apply for residence cards (commonly called “Green Cards”) after five years if they pass criminal background checks and national security and pay their taxes.
The “dreamers”, as immigrants are known to have arrived in the country as children, as well protected by the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) -mostly Central Americans- and immigrant agricultural workers will be able to aspire to a “immediate” legal residence and three years later to citizenship. It will be a fundamental requirement “to have been in the country before January 1, 2021”.
The bill repeals more the ban on re-entry for 3 and 10 years to those who have remained irregularly in the country and picks up an old-fashioned claim from different organizations and activists, by changing the term “foreigner” to “non-citizen”.
The document seeks to promote the reunification of families, especially family groups LGBTQ +, And allow people with approved sponsorship requests to meet with their loved ones in the US. UU. Temporarily while waiting for residence permits.
What does it take to be approved?
Biden government officials stressed that the initiative also seeks to address the causes of immigration with “vigorous measures” to pursue drug trafficking and the expansion of transnational working groups against gangs, And will not focus solely on a wall at the border.
To be approved, the bill proposed by Biden will have to get the full Democratic vote in the Senate, 50, and secure 10 Republicans. Otherwise, it will be doomed to fail as has happened with attempts at regularization in previous years.
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* With information from EFE
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