The next American government, led by the Democrat Joe Biden, “Planned” to submit to Congress a project of migratory reform, Said the elected vice president of United States, Kamala Harris, In an interview with Univision.
In the interview with the journalist Ilia Calderón, From’ Univision News, Harris did not specify the date on which his government will introduce the bill migration reform, even though Biden he pledged to promote comprehensive immigration reform in his first hundred days in power.
The plan would pave the way for millions of undocumented people residing in United States they manage to become citizens, after a process of years in which they must first achieve the status of legal residents permanent.
The Vice President-elect, a daughter of Indian and Jamaican descent, also referred to the plight of young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers, Who came to the country before the age of 16, for whom, he said, the “protections“.
As for immigrants living under the protection of Temporary Protection Treaties (TPS), which they could get automatically residence cards.
And he stressed that the new government will “recognize and thank the more than 200,000 dreamers who have been key workers during the covid-19 pandemic“.
In this context, Harris made it clear that the will of the new government will be to ensure that “people receive vaccines regardless of their migratory status.”
United States, The most affected country in the world by the pandemic from’ coronavirus, Has already registered more than 22,700,000 confirmed infections and nearly 380,000 deaths, when cases continue to increase nationwide.
The draft immigration reform plan promised by Biden would be committed to keeping migrant families together at the border, “not dividing them,” as well as ensuring, Harris added, that “children arriving at the border have legal advice ”and“ be treated fairly ”.
Harris recalled that in 2013, Before the Trump administration, There were Republicans willing to push through a comprehensive immigration reform plan that was later rejected by the House of Representatives.
Therefore, he is confident that his government’s “approach” has “some support bipartisan“Although it will not be easy,” he acknowledged.
The former senator for California He also referred to the implementation of an asylum policy that includes “legal advice for asylum seekers” in this country and the provision of resources for the so-called North Central American Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador) i Mexico, With funds that help the development of peace.
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