Washington— An immigration reform bill that provides citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants must be passed “once and for all” by Congress, Joe Biden, the vice president, said.
Many nations in Central and South America agreed to “take in more refugees and keep their borders safe” during Biden’s State of the Union speech.
The US Chamber of Commerce, labour organisations, and religious groups all favour immigration reform. So let’s get this done,” she said.
Biden was of the opinion that “dreamers,” or young people who immigrated to the United States as minors and have been granted Temporary Protected Status, should have a route to citizenship via this change (TPS, for its acronym in English).
In addition, it would help to ensure that farmworkers and other workers who have been judged necessary during the epidemic are properly regulated, he said.
President Barack Obama’s Vice President Joe Biden said that this “is not only the moral thing to do, but it is also fiscally wise” and demanded that “families should not have to wait decades for a reunion”.
For the sake of our country’s immigrant forefathers, Biden urged lawmakers to keep the “light of freedom” blazing.
He has requested Congress to pass immigration reform that would give the country’s 11 million illegal residents an opportunity at citizenship on his first day in office, more than a year ago.
Since then, even smaller versions of that original bill have failed to move in a Senate and a House where Democrats have a limited majority. This proposal has remained in Congress.
Even though President Trump has promised that immigration reform would be a top priority, many Hispanic voters and activists are frustrated by the White House’s inability to fulfil its promises.
Also in defence, Biden said that the US had “created cooperative patrols with Mexico and Guatemala to catch more people traffickers” and so curb unauthorised immigration to US southern border. Biden address.
As an additional measure to “better identify drug trafficking,” he emphasised the installation of scanners and other high-tech devices at the border. Source