US President Joe Biden Proposed Immigration Reform Bill To Congress

Joe Biden, President of the United States, sent an arduous immigration reform bill to Congress that has ensured to create an eight-year path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, bolster border security with new screening technologies, and give assistance Central America.

According to the BBC report, the Bill mentions the US Citizenship Act of 2021, which regenerates the immigration system and renders the most comprehensive immigration reform package legislated since 1986. Even the Bill also marks an extended break with the restrictions immigration policies that have determined the last four years under Donald Trump presidential rule. Due to which Mr Biden promises to welcome more immigrants in the United States.

The Bill is a provision which will enable undocumented immigrants to get legal status and then later the citizenship. For the requirement, the people would have to be present in the United States on or before January 1, 2021, unless conferred a reservation on humanitarian grounds.

Immigrants recounted by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and Temporary Protected Status, as well as farmworkers, would be able to apply for green cards instantly. They could apply for US citizenship after holding a green card for three years and passing additional background tests.

The incoming White House official said – “The Bill also clears employment-based immigration backlogs by reducing those backlogs altogether, eliminating the per country. It makes it easier for graduates of US universities with advanced degrees, in the Science, Technology, and Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields to stay in the US. It also improves access to green cards for workers from the low wage sectors.”

 “The Bill reforms the family-based immigration system by recapturing unused visas to clear the backlog, eliminating the lengthy waits, and it increases their per-country visa caps. It also eliminates the bars and other provisions that have kept families apart,” the officials said.

News Source – BBC

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