Washington -A bipartisan group of Sansadas on Tuesday re -presented a comprehensive bill to improve the immigration system and created a possible passage for legal status for long -term unspecified immigrants.
Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, Republican in Florida and Democrats of Texas, Veronica Escobar announced the law known as the Dignity Act, at a press conference with more than a dozen co-operatives.
“We have 10 million people or are working in construction, hospitality, agriculture, dairy, fisheries, slaughterhouses, which are unspecified, but not criminals,” Salazar told reporters. “There is no need to choose between amnesty or exile. The dignity bill is the answer!”
This remedy will set up a “dignity program” to provide legal status including work and travel authority to unspecified migrants residing in the United States for at least five years. Eligible applicants must pass a criminal background check, pay taxes and submit $ 7,000 in restoration during the seven -year program period. After completion, they can renew their position indefinitely to stay in the US and work indefinitely until they meet the criteria. Participants will not be eligible for federal benefits or rights.
“The Congress has not passed a widespread immigration reform in our country in almost four decades,” Escobar said. “This bill has been standing for a long time, the long -standing law, which will benefit our dreamers, some of the most important youth of our country who are not here with any options of their own and do not know any other land other than America. It will not help American families, who have been marrying an unproductive spouse, who have asked for millions of people and millions of people who have been relieved for a long time. Are.”
The bill makes additional investments for border security and enforcement, but will protect sensitive places from enforcement activities without prior approval, such as schools, hospitals and places of worship. It will cut the visa backlog by accelerating the processing of asylum seekers with the determination made within 60 days and improves the refuge program. The bill also includes a $ 70 billion fund to train American workers.
This law comes when the Trump administration faced an increase in its investigation Large -scale exile programA federal judge last week Order of administration Los angeles and other California counties temporarily to prevent indiscriminate immigration raids. The US Attorney Bill Eselie said, “Federal agents will continue to implement law and follow the US Constitution.”
A group of farm workers in California are calling for a three -day national strike on Wednesday to oppose the snow raid. They are demanding immediate citizenship for farm workers and encouraging a route to citizenship for unspecified migrants. The organizers hope that the attempt to produce products and companies employed by unspecified immigrants will put more pressure on the Trump administration.
“The immigrant community across the US is frightened,” Rape Adriano Espilat said, a New York Democrat who presides over the Congress’s Hispanic Cocks. “They are really scared from there. Some children are leaving school. Families are being separated. We are trying to bring consensus together, trying to bring dignity and security for families across America.”
