Washington, United States.
The Republican Representative for Florida (USA) Maria Elvira Salazar defended this Monday a Yesand its Dignity Plan, a proposal for migration reform that, if approved, would allow thes undocumented residents for more than 5 years in the country to work legally and, past 10 yearss, opt for the citizenship.
“It’s not a special deal. The only thing we’re asking for is dignity to keep working “, Said Salazar at a press conference in which he detailed points from the bill presented last week in the House of Representatives by a group of republicans.
The bill would give legal status to the undocumented living in the country, while strengthening the Border securitya, sets a system reform of asylum i grant “Permanent protection” which are known as “dreamers” or “dreamers”, That is, more than 2 million young people who were brought to this country when they were minors by their parents.
“We want secure the border with all available technology (…) and reforming asylum laws so that they are only granted to those who actually have a need for political asylum “, said the Cuban-American congresswoman of Cuban descent.
Regarding the migration reform program within the Dignity Plan, it includes all undocumented people who “have lived in this country for more than five years, have American children, have paid theirs taxes and have not committed no crime “, added the 59-year-old former journalist.
Ten years later, the immigrants that they want to obtain the citizenship would have the flattened way for which Salazar denominated “way of the redemption “, that is, “take refuge in him, correct the mistakes of the past, pay a fine, and line up.”
“But in the meantime“They have dignity,” emphasized.
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He charged at the press conference against the Democrats, that “they have introduced a immigration reform,” he said, “that they know will never be able to become law and that he does not even have the votes within his party” to move forward.
“We are fed up with false promises and we want these 11 million undocumented brothers to be treated with a word called ‘dignity ‘”, He pointed out.
The Republican congresswoman represents the Chapters in the county of Miami-Dade, qeu with about 2.8 million inhabitants is the most populated of Florida and the most affected by the pandemic in the state. EFE