To address migration, Mexico and the United States must coordinate and work together to invest in the development of Central America and our country’s southern states, the senator said. Ricardo Monreal Avila, legislative coordinator of Brunette.
In an article he published on social networks, lawmakers described immigration reform in the United States as urgent, as 70% of its 41 million residents are of Latino origin, he added. U.S are migrants or have parents of foreign descent.
“From the first day of the president’s administration [de Estados Unidos] Joe Biden, the immigration reform has polarized the bipartisan system and American public opinion, but there are also meeting points and, given the agreements that are reached, the legal situation of millions of people living irregularly in that country will depend, ”he said .
The most contentious aspect of this issue is obtaining citizenship for 11 million undocumented migrants, he said.
So far, however, the Republican Party has argued that regulating citizenship could become a stimulus for migration and saturation of the asylum system, as well as a humanitarian crisis on the southern border of the United States.
“From the South, we know the challenges posed by the saturation of the national migration system, but we also know that the migration phenomenon is multifaceted that requires topical narratives and approaches, along with coordinated efforts, such as investment in comprehensive development in Central America . and the south of our country, ”added the Morenoist lawmaker.
In the paper, the Senate legislative majority leader analyzed support for the actions that are part of President Biden’s immigration plan in the United States.
He believed that the analysis of the legislation supporting the Dreamers, young people who came to the United States as undocumented children and who have no relationship to their country of origin, will be recaptured by the government of the current US president, the support of the two parties present in the US Congress.
The aim is to renew the permanent residence permit and to give people who have arrived illegally in the country as minors the opportunity to get citizenship.
Monreal Ávila, however, believed that “the launch of an immigration reform initiative of this magnitude could be good news, especially when accompanied by executive orders that help restore the dignity of migrants, such as the decision not to exclude migrants. the American census ”.