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What Biden wants to do on immigration, briefly explained
Biden’s immigration plan would include a pathway to citizenship. But it could face an uncertain future in Congress.
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President-elect Joe Biden plans to introduce a sweeping package of immigration reforms including a pathway to citizenship for more than 11 million undocumented immigrants shortly after he takes office, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The proposed bill provides the clearest picture yet of Biden’s immigration agenda, and it has been greeted favorably by immigration activists.
At the center of the measure would be an eight-year track to citizenship: Immigrants would be eligible for legal permanent resident status after five years, and for citizenship three years after that.
that El Salvador will begin to apply the Migration Cooperation Agreement (ACA for its acronym in English).
Grateful to President @nayibbukele & the Government of El Salvador for their commitment to the implementation of the Asylum Cooperative Agreement and ensuring we expand the vital avenues for migrants seeking protection in the region. https://t.co/U3R2RVXtDMpic.twitter.com/O7c9X97eG1 Acting Secretary Chad Wolf (@DHS Wolf) December 16, 2020
This is a new victory for the interests of President Donald Trump and the anti-immigrant sector to hinder migration from Central America and facilitate the sending of refugees to this region.
Erika Andiola, an immigrant rights activist, speaks at a news conference about immigration reform in 2013.
Immigration activists are gearing up for a fight to push President-elect Joe Biden to do more to counter the measures taken by President Trump that made life more uncomfortable for the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
But they may find they get less than they hope for from the Biden administration, which finds itself having to balance the demands of activists with the inherent limits on executive powers.
Biden pledged during his campaign to use those powers to reverse many of Trump s most controversial actions. Biden s plan includes a 100-day moratorium on deportations, restoring protections for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and eliminating Trump s restrictions on asylum-seekers.