Democratic congressmen this Thursday formally presented the bill by which the US president, Joe Biden, wants to keep its campaign promise to promote an ambitious one immigration reform that guarantees a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants
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Senator Bob Menéndez, the most senior Latino in the U.S. legislature, and Deputy Linda Sánchez were in charge of the United States Citizenship Act of 2021, which has become the proposed flagship of the Biden government. The time has come to “get 11 million undocumented immigrants out of the shadows,” Menéndez said.
This bill comes at a time when the White House is trying to promote a contingency plan in Congress for the economy for $ 1.9 trillion, for which he must negotiate with the Republicans if he wants incentives for the proposals to continue their course in the legislature.
To become a reality, Biden’s proposal must have the full democratic vote in the Senate, 50, and secure ten Republicans. “We know the way forward requires negotiations with the others (Republicans), but we are not going to make concessions”Menendez said.
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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Officials from the Biden administration said in a call to journalists that this project represents an opportunity to “restart talks on immigration reform after the past four years,” referring to the government of Donald Trump, who promoted the slogan of “America First” and was an outspoken critic of immigration.
(We aim to) restart talks on immigration reform after the past four years
Who is covering the bill?
The project, which consists of two chambers, provides that undocumented migrants can apply for temporary legal status, with the possibility that they will after five years apply for green cards (commonly called “green cards”) if they pass crime and national security background checks and pay their taxes.
The “dreamers”, such as immigrants who arrived in the country as children, are well known, as well covered by temporary protected status (TPS) – mainly Central Americans – and immigrant farm workers will be able to “immediately” and three years later aspire to citizenship. It will be a fundamental requirement “to have been in the country before January 1, 2021”.
The bill is also being withdrawn the ban on return for 3 and 10 years for those who have stayed in the country illegally and gathers an old claim from various organizations and activists, changing the term ‘foreigner’ to ‘non-citizen’.
The document aims to promote family reunification, especially family groups LGBTQ +, and leaves people with approved petitions to temporarily reunite with loved ones in the US while they wait for residency permits.
What does it take to get approved?
Officials in the Biden government stressed that the initiative also aims to tackle the causes of immigration with “strong measures” to combat drug trafficking and the expansion of transnational working groups against gangs, and it won’t just focus on a wall at the border.
To be approved, Biden’s proposed law should win the full Democratic vote in the Senate, 50, and secure ten Republicans. Otherwise it will be doomed to failure, as has happened with regularization attempts in previous years.
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* With information from EFE
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