A number of sources familiar with the matter revealed that the Biden administration and Democratic members of Congress will unveil an immigration reform bill later this week, including 11 million undocumented immigrants who entered the United States illegally, the opportunity to naturalize, expand the refugee resettlement program; former President Trump‘s proposed “public charge” (public charge) immigration exclusion rule that is coming to an end
NBC reported that the bill, known as the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, would reflect the immigration reform priorities announced on President Biden’s first day in office, and that the draft also includes an expansion of the “Dreamer” benefit for undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. “The bill also includes the expansion of benefits for undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children.
The report pointed out that in the past, whether Republican or Democratic administration, the promotion of large-scale immigration reform has been met with frustration, the Biden White House team revealed that they will let these reform bills to be introduced in a piecemeal manner.
The Democratic congressman immediately began pushing for proposals to give legal status to farm workers and dreamers, followed by a broader immigration reform bill. Officials and immigrant rights advocates analyzed the central thrust of this wave of immigration reform as progress was to be made.
Marielena Hincapié, director of operations for the National Immigration Law Center, an immigration advocacy group, said some parts of the bill will become the cornerstone of immigration reform.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.Y.), who will lead the push for the immigration reform bill in the Senate, said in a statement.
Menendez said in a statement that the immigration plan would not only fix the current broken immigration system, but also create a better system that would reunite families, bring undocumented immigrants out of the shadows and onto the road to citizenship, as well as stand up for human rights, address the root of the migration problem, and launch an intelligent security strategy at the border.
According to the Washington Post, President Joe Biden unveiled an immigration bill on his first day in office that would provide a pathway for 11 million people without legal status to naturalize in the U.S. in eight years, but the immigration bill has been criticized by Republicans, with Republican U.S. Senator Tom Cotton tweeting, “Biden’s bill provides Amnesty and citizenship for illegal immigrants providing amnesty and citizenship, allowing them to overtake law-abiding immigrants.”
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