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March 18, 2021
Millions of Undocumented immigrants are one step closer to a path of citizenship as the House passed two bills
By N.A. Pagliara, Esquire of Pagliara Law Group, P.A. posted in Immigration Law Blog on Friday, March 18, 2021.
Breaking News. A recent report states that there are about 10.4 million undocumented people in the United States. President Biden has the goal to give a path to citizenship to many.
- The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills that would pave way to citizenship or legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants, including those brought to the country unlawfully as children and workers in the agriculture sector.
The next stop is the bill goes to the Senate and may be tougher to pass before President Biden unequivocally signs the bill into law.
The two bills that passed are the American Dream and Promise Act and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.
The first bill would mostly apply to those immigrants, known as Dreamers, who are protected under the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. About 2.5 million people who arrived to the U.S. as children would be eligible for a path to citizenship under the law and essentially would extend the prior law to long term protection.
The second bill would allow a path to legal status for farm workers who are in the country illegally, estimated to be at least half of the 2.4 million workers in this group. Some agricultural workers would be permitted to gain a green card if they pay a fine and stay in the industry for an additional four to eight years, depending on how long they had already working in the farm.
The numbers
- 10.4 million undocumented persons in the United States.
- 2.5 million dreamers under the American Dream and Promise Act are one step closer to citizenship pathway.
- 2.4 million farm workers under the Farm Workforce Modernization Act are one step closer to citizenship pathway.
- Most of the 10.4 million that President Biden wanted to grant citizenship under the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.
Most likely in order for the bills to pass the Senate the flow of immigrants entering has to be stopped. first.
AUTHOR: Nicholas A. Pagliara, Esq. Founder, Chairman of the Board and Managing Attorney of Pagliara Law Group, PA.
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