Tuesday, January 26, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has signed agreements with many states that will pose a threat to the Biden administration’s goals. The DHS has signed the Sanctuary for Americans First Enactment Agreement (SAFE) with Arizona, Louisiana, Indiana, and the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina. This SAFE agreement could seriously hamstring the administration’s goals of pausing deportations, prioritizing immigration arrests to immigrants with serious criminal backgrounds, and increasing avenues to asylum.
The Sanctuary for Americans First Enactment Agreement
Under the SAFE agreements, the DHS would give notice of immigration policy changes and the states would have six months to review them and submit comments. Only after this review can the DHS move forward with the proposed changes. The DHS would require the states to sign agreements confirming that the DHS provided the required notice.
Joe Biden plans to unveil sweeping immigration bill on Day 1
Biden hopes to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the US without legal status, a massive reversal from Trump s harsh immigration policies
Associated Press | January 19, 2021 | Updated 10:40 IST
US President-elect Joe Biden
President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the US without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration s harsh immigration policies.
The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities after four years of President Donald Trump s restrictive policies and mass deportations. It provides one of the fastest pathways to citizenship for those living without legal status of any measure in recent years