Washington, United States.
The inauguration of what is anticipated as a new era into the White House, President of the United States, Joe Biden, he fulfilled his election promise to present on its first day of office a comprehensive draft of immigration law which includes a path to citizenship for some 11 million undocumented in the country.
After four years of firm hand against immigrants of the mandatory exit, Donald Trump, Biden’s transition team announced details of the bill on Wednesday democratic send today to Congress as part of your commitment to “Modernizes” the immigration system, appointed “US Citizenship Law 2021”.
The initiative, which must receive the approval of both legislative chambers, is dominated by DEMOCRATS, aims to manage and protect from “Responsible way” the border, keep it “safe families and communities and better manage migration across the hemisphere, “a statement said.
If approved, the draft law of Biden would assume that major immigration reform from the Republican government Ronald Reagan (1981-1989), which legalized 3 million undocumented in 1986.
IMMEDIATE RESIDENCE FOR DREAMS AND TEPESIANS
Not surprisingly, as its name suggests, its key point is to provide a way to citizenship in 8 years to 11 million of undocumented immigrants who are estimated to live in the United States.
Immigrants will be able to get one temporary legal status which will give you the option of reaches 5 years after permission residence (“green card” or green card), if they meet a number of requirement how to miss criminal record and pay your taxes.
But an important group of them, the minors who came to the country as children from the hands of their parents, also undocumented and known as “Dreamers”, as well as those covered by the temporary protected status (TPS), Especially Central Americans, and immigrant agricultural workers can aspire to a “immediate” legal residence and 3 years later in citizenship, note highlighted.
To avoid a flood of immigrants, the bill states that this measure would affect immigrants which are “physically present in United States on or before January 1, 2021. “
Those deported during Trump’s presidency, from January 20, 2017 and who were physically present at least three years before expulsion can claim the same benefit for „Family unit and other humanitarian purposes “, But that process will depend on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for which Biden has appointed Cuban-American Alejandro Mayorkas.
At your confirmation hearing before Senate On Monday, Mayorkas stated that citizenship would be granted “to people who have been in the country for many years, who have contributed to our communities However the economic prosperity of the nation. “
Democratic Senator Bob Menendez announced on Wednesday that he will lead the legislative effort in the upper house to approve this bill and present it to his colleagues in order to obtain a “fair, humane and functional” migration system.
“The last four years have been traumatic for immigrant communities that have suffered relentless attacks from The Trump administration. Today, we turn the page on this dark chapter in our history and begin hard work to repair the damage and rebuild a better union that reflects values our nation “, he assured.
In the lower house, the bill will be sponsored by the congresswoman Hispanica Linda Sánchez, who said in a tweet that he expected too much for this reform, so he does not intend to waste time to get “let’s do it” to get it.
A SEMANTIC CHANGE: FROM “ALIEN” (FOREIGN) TO CITIZENSHIP
One of the changes included in the initiative Biden it is semantic, but takes a long-term demand from it organizations and activists in favor of the immigrants, who expressed discomfort por be related to this community with terms such as “Illegal alien”.
“The bill recognizes US as a nation of immigrants changing the word ‘Foreigner’ for “non-citizen” in immigration laws“, highlights the statement.
Another aspiration of the law will be family reunion, giving special importance LGBTQ family groups + and also allows immigrants with approved petitions for family sponsorship temporarily reunite with your loved ones in the US while you wait green cards.
Also bill proposal includes a provision prohibiting “discrimination based on religion and restricts the presidential authority from issuing future bans” and increases Diversity visas from 55,000 to 80,000.
Among other controversial decisions of his, Trump established as soon as he reached White House a migration ban on citizens of eleven countries with significant Muslim populations (Eritrea, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Burma, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania and Yemen) and which includes restrictions for Venezuela and North Korea.
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To try to get the support you need Republican in the Senate, Biden also included new resources in border, his decision to set aside the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico – the election promise half fulfilled by Trump- and bet above all on “technology” to speed up the detection of illegal crossing of goods and narcotics.
The new proposal aims in the same way allocate funds improve the “professionalism” of border guards and set up a committee to investigate possible “deviations” and seek to improve the care of people, families and minors in the custody of Customs and Border Protection (CBP). EFE